I am Fion

There are new headsets this year.  Shortcake does not like them.  She wears her headset on her left ear, and it kept falling off her head, and the clip button doesn't slip to her shirt in a convenient place, and she has to have consistent access to the button to talk - oh, fun fact, there's a new CD player at her desk, and it stops playing whenever she talks on the walkie.  So that's effective.

Did Shortcake mention today was the first day of the season for her?

Someone brought a service dog in with them, and there was confusion as to whether or not the dog touched Santa.  Remember kiddies, dogs are not allowed to visit Santa.  They are only allowed in as service dogs, and they are not allowed to touch Santa.  But then one of the white flowers thought the dog did touch Santa, so he might have to change pants, but then Santa and the elves said the dog didn't (all of this brouhaha is about allergens - by the by), so Santa did not have to change pants.  He did change gloves.  Like, three times.  Because.

The letters to Santa are starting to come in.  The favorite today was the one that ended "Love, Fion.    I am Fion."  Like "I am Spartacus."  Or "I am Groot."  "I am Fion."  Preach, child.  Preach.

As long-time readers of this blog will know, it can get hot in the Village from time to time.  So this year, a fan was installed in Santa's house.  A metal fan that's in the roof and facing Santa.  Santa loves this development.  Super helpful.  The switch to turn it on and off is, of course, above Shortcake's head.  Like, far above.  Like, if she stands on Santa's bench on her tiptoes maybe she can reach it.  So she has to get tall elves to help her out.

Similar story.  The photo elf needed a bell or a shaker thinger or a sparkly ball or whatever to get kids attention, so Shortcake went searching for one.  Of course, it was in a basket on a high shelf in the elf break room.  Which Shortcake could not reach.  So she stood on a table.


What?  Are there other options?


From this angle, Shortcake looks like a giant person.

Tall people.  They don't know how good they have it.