Training

They trained the new elves today.  Shortcake, Cider and Blissful went to the big meeting with the Man in Red and told why they were at Macy's this year.  Well.  Basically it was everyone telling their origin stories and why they work for Santa, and there may have been tears shed because they are all emotional people.

Then they went down to train the new elves, and Shortcake moved some stanchions.  Yes.  Stanchions.  You thought those days were over when she moved up to strawboss, but.  Alas.  Stanchions.  As Cider is President of the Strawbosses (Shortcake has taken to calling him Fearless Leader), she let him take point on training Blissful.  (Shortcake's title was Secretary, and they were going to make Blissful Treasurer or something, but then Cider decided Shortcake should be Vice President and Blissful Speaker of the House, but then Shortcake deemed that unacceptable and claimed the title Secretary of the Interior, which Cider accepted and now Blissful may be Secretary of State?  It's in flux.)  Shortcake ran some errands, met some people, and discovered this a capella group singing in front of the train.



Shortcake tried to avoid walking in front of the group by knocking on the express pass doors, but no one let her in, so she had to pass the group to get to the main entrance.  This required crawling on her hands and knees, so as not to block the cameras of the audience members recording the performance.  It was a delightful experience, and let it never be said Shortcake was precious about her dignity.

After a lunch break, Santaland opened for the employee preview.  Santa had many good visits.  He was excited to get back into the swing of things, and see people face to face instead of looking at names on a list.

Blissful had her first day in charge.  She wore the headset while Cider and Shortcake gave pointers and watched.


Cider planning for Black Friday

Shortcake spent most of her time eating TicTacs.  She ate an entire pack single-handedly over the course of the day, then opened a second pack.  At which point Cider tried to take them away from her, stating they would make her diabetic.  Shortcake pointed out that if she wasn't diabetic after 7 years at Santaland, TicTacs probably wouldn't hurt her.  And then she proceeded to consume more TicTacs.

The many faces of Blissful

This is Shortcake's favorite