Comments on Inside Santa Lane

Ummm.

Do the elves get hazard pay?

This reminds me of the waitress who blogged about Sharkansky's tipping. This employee will likely also be (deservedly) fired.

Then Talks-To-Much Santa asked everybody in the room if we all know who Dan Savage is with Dan Savage sitting right there - maybe Dan, his partner and their kid just wanted to be left alone today - good going Santa. Heard about one Santa quitting because he couldn't take the pressure - too bad because he was our 'big' Santa and was more realistic looking. Grumpy Santa smiled yet still gives me funny looks when little kids come in with names like Cashmere, Ireland and Kippa.

I got to witness Nordy's Santa experience for first time in life this year. It was very Christmas Story. One elf is particularly realistic. I hope it is her that is writing this.

Special message to the Nordstrom photog -- little babies could give a shit about you shaking a rattle etc. Snap the picture. Snap it quick.

@ 2, that may happen just because it is a blog, but the parallel with Sharkansky ends there because, except for Dan Savage, she's not commenting on the more famous patrons.

Question for Dan - your son still likes Santa?

And yes, they will probably be fired. And we'll read about it. And I'll blame Dan.

Parents who name their kids "Kippa" or "Cashmere" should have those kids taken away by DSHS.

the TUESDAY entry in that elfblog made my day.

10 years old is a little old to be seeing Santa..

The world should know how shitty that job is :(

Lesbian elves give me a boner.

Hey asdf...FUCK YOU!

Ten is not too old to be seeing Santa. It's probably too old to believe in the fat, old, white man who travels the entire planet bringing gifts to good little girls and boys all in one night, but just going to see Santa Clause, get a picture to send to family or to put up on the mantle....

Then again, I don't believe there's really an age when you must stop trick or treating... it's when you want to stop that you should stop. If that happens at 11 or at 21, whatever. *shrug*

Heard about one Santa quitting because he couldn't take the pressure - too bad because he was our 'big' Santa and was more realistic looking.

Plenty of other cultures have skinny Santas. My great uncle played Santa when my mom was a kid and he was a ballet dancer. So, whatever.

I can't remember: what's the difference between an elf and dwarf?

Wow, dealing with pissy parents from the eastside waiting in line for hours. Anyone working there should be getting paid with grain alcohol.

LOL @15 U'll take your question as a serious one.

Here's my short answer:

Watch the first lord of the rings movie. Skip to the part where they are all sitting in a circle staring at the one ring. You got yer dwarves, hobbits, humans and elves all right there for comparison. ;)

@5 & @9, Something tells me the annual Savage Family photo with Santa was not the KID's idea...

Good for you going to see Santa early in the month, Dan. I work across the street and see the line grow daily. By this week the poor little kids stand for HOURS in the cold and wet to tell Santa their secrets. When they are finished they come to my restraunt for a late lunch and melt down time. I soooo miss my business lunchers. They know to stay out of the local restraunts untill after the holidays.

Should I stop walking by Nordstroms and yelling "Santa is a fraud" at the top of my lungs and watch the children cry?

Just wondering..

Merely linking something that is already on the internet is one thing, but outing where she works is another. She seems to make an effort not to mention the name of the store.

Oh good Lord who are these people that do that Santa pics thing? My family did all sorts of typical crappy Sears family portraits, took me on the Matterhorn ride when I was 4 years old, but even they knew that the Santa thing was completely bizarre and uncalled for.

Why must you people terrorize your children in such a way?

Is she fired yet?

How'd you find this Dan? Were you self googling?

Where the fuck is Sienna Madrid? That'd be a perfect job for Our Own Worst Enemy (tm). Make her be a Santa-Picture-Elf for a day...

and p.s. I'll go stand in line if she shows me *her* boobs.

@24

I bet he was. He sits back in his chair, cracks his knuckles, does a webcrawl, and like Ben Affleck in South Park, says "ha, that's me!".

My mom took my brother and me to get our pictures taken with Santa for about six years. There was this guy who did it every year... one year, though, he wasn't there... turns out he was a serial child molester and had just been sent to prison.

But did he get you what you wanted for Christmas?

While the Nordstrom Santaland is lovely, I recommend the Macy's santa - it's a bit low-rent in comparison, but you go and sign up for a time, then come back during your 20 minute window. You can shop, have lunch, whatever and only have to stand in line for about 10-20 minutes. MUCH better than standing outside for three hours with crabby kids in their dress-up clothes, believe me.

We just finished our work Christmas party, involving dry tortellini, chicken satay (wtf?), soggy cookies and sparkling unalcoholic beverage. There was even a Santa there, and we could take our photo with him FOR FREE and there was NO LINE. I want every party I attend to end with the host giving me money.

I'm surprised no one before mm @21 brought it up.  Dan is likely the one-and-only member of the public who could identify the store.  What made him think that's kosher?

By naming the store, Dan has not only made the blogger identifiable, but also radically increased the chance of discovery by managers googling the store name to stay alert for possible PR problems.

Well, the elfdiaries blog seems to have disappeared.

Gone but never forgotten. Like the other Christmas Folk Lore that is SANTALAND in all our malls and stores this time of year, elfdiaries could have been and briefly was the Folk Lore of 2007 and Santa in Seattle.

Also not cool that Dan outed the blog as being Nordstrom since the writer was taking efforts to make sure in keeping it strictly incognito.
Oh well. It could have been a few more weeks of laghter but now it will be silence and chatter about the crocodile closing which is so wrong on so many levels.

I posted on her blog, (so did Mr. Poe) that it was not a good idea for her to be blogging about her work. Luckily she took the advice to heart and deleted her blog.
I hope she is still employed and there will be no residual damage.
It just doesn't pay to be a service worker

No one is all bad, and no one is all good.  Sometimes, good people like Dan do fucked up things.

Dan, outing the store the girl works at was pretty fucked up.  You owe someone an apology and a nice Christmas gift.