FRUIT AND CHEESE DAY.
Look at all that fruit and cheese!
This was the first fruit and cheese day where Shortcake closed instead of opened. So she missed the first round of cheese. Tumbleweed brought pomegranate, and Blissful brought adorable Santa plates. Shortcake brought oranges and three types of cheese: Manchega, Alp Blossom and Brie. (The Alp Blossom had edible flowers in the rind. Shortcake thought the cheese was a little funky, but Santa really liked it.) Santa brought grapes and swiss and goat cheese with basil and a few more. Mrs. Claus made spicy goat cheese and sent it to Santaland with Santa, along with crackers - and gluten-free crackers. Santaland is respectful of food allergies.
Santa had a confession to make. He told Shortcake that originally, when Fruit and Cheese day started, he didn't like it. Shortcake started Fruit and Cheese Day as one day when Santa could eat something that was vaguely healthy. Santaland has a lot of chocolate and candy and cookies around. Shortcake wanted one day, just one, where the emphasis was on fruit. And cheese. And six years ago, Santa felt like he was being pushed to change, forced to be healthier, which was never Shortcake's intention. And now he looks forward to it every year.
Shortcake walked into this note on the strawboss desk.
A parent left this note with Santa. No, Batman cannot come to visit your house. Nor can Taylor Swift.
The other holiday on Tuesday was Hannukah. The second night of Hannukah, to be precise. Latke and Jubilee gathered in the scheduling office and lit the menorah.
There was a point in the night where Shortcake needed Happy Feet to be in a place where he was not. He was being a wall in the wrong direction. So Shortcake put her hands on his waist and physically moved him. And then apologized for touching him inappropriately. Happy Feet laughed it off, and said she hadn't, but Shortcake knows better. She didn't ask for consent first. And consent is what matters.
In other news, Shortcake saw this ad on the Subway on her way to work.
That graffiti says "phony stop lying to kids!" Dear vandalist, what beef do you have with Santa? He does not lie. He never promises; he only says he'll do his best. Shortcake is disappointed in you.
Shortcake's favorite kids that visit Santa are the ones that don't cry, but they don't smile. They're not convinced that Santaland is actually a place. Like Sasha in her purple velvet sweat suit. Her mom (grandma?) took all the photos and was excited to see the elves and Santa and Sasha just looked around holding her naked baby doll like "I don't trust you. I don't trust this. I don't believe we are still on planet earth. Where have you taken me? Why is this man in red asking me questions? I PLEAD THE FIFTH." And it's hilarious. Best expressions on the kids faces. THE BEST.
Shortcake ended the night with another Santa train, and Jubilee got to join this time on her first Santa train ever, and she was SO HAPPY.
Whimsy and Pringles and Shortcake and Santa
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