It was so sweet of him. And Shortcake was proud of herself because she only ate 2 and shared the rest. In the spirit of the season.
The day started with an event, Autism Speaks. Shortcake didn't watch any visits, and every time she talked to someone about the visits, she started weeping, so. No stories from Autism Speaks. Just know it was successful.
Figgy played a game in the break room. Shortcake thought it made a lovely photo.
Shortcake brought her ukulele in, and Santa spent some time noodling around on it. It's useful for keeping him occupied when he's on break. You'd think that since Santa is such a busy man, especially this time of year, he could keep himself busy. But, uh, no. If he's not occupied, he considers teasing Shortcake a valuable use of his time.
This flamingo has been in Santa's dressing room for years. Years. Santa decided he would take the flamingo into the house with him today. The first time around, Shortcake said no. But she gave him Figgy as a photo elf, which is kind of like having a flamingo in the house. He's tall and lanky. And they agreed the house should be renamed the Flamingo Club and Santa could do a cabaret act welcoming visitors. On break Santa got the flamingo down, dusted him off, and informed Shortcake the flamingo was going in the house. Shortcake said okay. Santa took a photo with the flamingo, and then Figgy tried to put it on a beam above Santa's head. At which point Shortcake put the kibash on the whole endeavor. She strawbossed the heck out of that adventure. The flamingo went back into the dressing room.
What else happened? Shortcake and Santa had a wee dance party. Fa La La and Shortcake exchanged many high fives over the course of the day, making up for the years in which they did not work together. Sprig magically made the register line disappear right when Shortcake needed it to. There was a family of Cubs fans who wore Cubs World Series shirts for their picture. (For those who decided to stop paying attention to world events after Halloween, the Chicago Cubs won the World Series this year after 108 years. And Shortcake is a Cubs fan.) Shortcake made a point of saying hi and bonding with them. The mom said they had thanked Santa for the World Series, and that Santa slew the billy goat.
The register line got so long and backed up, that the Village had to hold for about 15 minutes. So Shortcake went and checked in with Santa. There are dolls on the shelves in the house. They look creepy. Creepy dolls. So Shortcake and Santa named them. Liliane, Mrs. Bates, Pink Swan and Wilhemina.
Aside from the dolls, Santa loves what Macy's did with his house. There's new wallpaper which makes it feel calmer, and there is a fan for when Santa is warm. Santa said the house is "possessed with Christmas cheer."
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