Monday before Christmas

Monday, December 21 was an eaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarly morning for Shortcake.  She was up at 4am, so she could be at Macy's at 6am.  Santa gets exclusive use of the sleigh this time of year, so she had to take the subway, and the subway is not the fastest, most reliable form of transportation at 5am.

And there was no line.  Santa and the elves were so bored.  We opened at 7am, and almost no one showed up until 9am.

As Santa said when Shortcake went to check on him, "Everything that could have gone wrong... did not go wrong."

That is an excellent philosophy to have.

Santa brought in a chocolate nutcracker to share with the elves.  Ruby got to smash it to pieces, so it could be easily shared.  It was very satisfying to crush it under the weight of her mighty hand.

The rest of the day was okay.  It was the last time Shortcake got to see Freckles (the strawboss formerly known as Genie), so she gave her a biiiiiiiig hug and all the Christmas wishes.

Oh!  And Shortcake's friends from elf college visited!