Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Santa vs. Elsa

Today I chaperoned a field trip for preschool kids.  Lakeland and 87 billion other 4 and 5 year olds were all invited to a high school production with live music and costumed characters like Mickey & Minnie, Tiana, Ariel, Aladdin, Rudolph, Frosty, etc...

When the band started playing "Let It Go", the auditorium just about got its top blown right off.  And then the MC's of the show, dressed as Peter Pan and Tinker Bell, announced that Anna and Elsa were in the house, and the high pitched roar from the children was deafening.  I can't even hear myself typing right now.

There was a literal mob scene, as all the once seated children bum-rushed these two poor teenage girls in the aisle.  I simply cannot imagine that either Anna or Elsa could have anticipated such a colossal reaction from such teensy people.  I'm surprised those princesses were able to remain upright.

"No, Santa.  I haven't seen your cell phone.  Ugh."
A few minutes later, Mrs. Claus, who is used to being second best, and probably just has a running dialogue in her head to cheer herself up this time of year...

"Yeah, who do you think cooked all that pork roast that made Santa's belly so round?" 

"Guess who fed and walked the reindeer every damn day, kids?"  

"Santa constantly misplaces his toy sack, and if it weren't for me, all of your presents would come in big, black Hefty bags." 

...showed up, with the ordinarily show stealing Santa right on her heels, and the kids kinda glanced at the dude with their heads tipped sideways, like 'Who's the schlub in the red suit?', and then resumed craning their wrist-sized necks to see where the Frozen princesses had disappeared.

Now, OK...I get that the kids liked the movie and all that.  But seriously.  The fervor for Elsa is completely unwarranted.  I mean, I know it's not her fault that she is such a miserable, cold-hearted, terrible sister.  Obviously that blame belongs squarely on the shoulders of her parents, who, when they discovered a birth defect in their daughter, opted to forgo treatment and instead locked her in a bedroom.  WHAT IS THAT?!??  Any other parent would be fielding calls from social services.

Anyway, I thought it was really weird that Santa got the shaft this year.  But I think I saw Mrs. Claus smirking. 


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