Let Shortcake explain.
Shortcake was running late. Well, it wasn't her fault. She left the house on time, got on the train, and then the train sat in time out for 15 minutes. And since the train is underground, she couldn't text Cider to let him know what was happening. She got there as soon as she could. She clocked in at 3:08pm. Which is about 20 minutes later than she wanted to be. And, of course, Santa had left her a voice mail at 3:03pm wondering where she was. As payback for all those times Santa was late and he got a voice mail from Shortcake.
Shortcake brought her ukulele in, and had some time at the end of the night to practice. Santa gave her some tips on strum patterns, and she played 3-4 songs. Poorly, but she played them.
Willie came by to see Santa. Remember Willie? He showed Santa his photo album of this year's Thanksgiving Day parade, and said he'd lost last year's photo album. Shortcake promised to keep an eye out for it, and to return it if she found it.
During a lull - it was slooooooow - each hour had no more than 200 visitors - Shortcake read some letters to Santa. Not her letter. That she mailed to the North Pole.
Santa went on an event with Sprinkles and brought back cupcakes.
They... did not fare well in transit.
But Shortcake still ate one.
It was such an easy night that Shortcake was super relaxed and chill - which led to some gentle rubbing from Santa. He made it very clear that Shortcake had a completely different personality in the morning than in the evening.
At the end of the night, Shortcake was standing with the elves at the Gate. Figgy was gatekeeping, and there was no one at the gate. So Shortcake sent Frostbite off to check the maze. Frostbite checked the Express Pass, and then, at Shortcake's urging, checked the maze. Penguin confirmed the train was closed. And Shortcake called it. She went off at a brisk walk to get Santa out of the house. She walked in, full speed, saying at the top of her voice "Santa, it's OVER" and then she got bodychecked by Chance because - wait for it - there were still three adult women in the house. Shortcake was so startled, she knocked her headset off her head, and sheepishly looked at the women - Santa didn't notice, but one of the women certainly did - and said "Merry Christmas." After the women left, Shortcake reenacted the entrance for Santa and he laughed and laughed.
Really, this story is better in person. Get Shortcake to reenact it for you the next time you see her.
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