Mrs. Claus had become very bored at her role in the north pole. Santa got to do all the cool stuff and got all the credit, meanwhile she was looked at as a supportive housewife with no skills or any real good doing on her part. She was jealous of all the happiness Santa got to spread every year, and felt she was more than capable of doing the same.
This year, she decided, she was going to grant some wishes of her own! She planned it for weeks and waited until late November to go through with it, saving her christmas magic for this special event. She snuck into a available carriage and tied just one reindeer and was on her way, so excited and eager to spread some cheer all by herself and get out of the house. Not knowing where to start nor having done this before, she randomly landed on the rooftop of a mall in a suburb in Michigan. She covered the carriage with her magical cloak that made the carriage invisible and disguised herself by transforming her mrs claus clothes into that of a normal middle aged woman, and was on her way in.
Mrs Claus then spent the day looking for good children to grant wishes for using a copy of Santa's List . She gave one to a boy who wished his father back from being overseas, a little girl who wished her sister with cancer would heal, and other wholesome well behaved kids. Now she was low on magic and had enough for one more and wanted someone really special to have it.
At the same time, Tim Farmer had been looking for a part time job all year but couldn’t find anything due to his lack of experience. He'd spent all the day at the mall applying at radioshack, kb toys, gamestop, even sears, hoping he would get a job during the holiday peak even though the likelihood was low. He just got a new girlfriend and knew if he wanted to take her out and keep her he would need money, which his parents just weren’t really helping him out with. "what do you need money for? you’re a kid!" they’d say. Tim really resented how much they baby him and treat him like he was 5 years old. He wanted to be as thorough as possible, and the last place for him to check was at the mall's guest services to see if he could work for the mall.
"Excuse me, do you guys have any openings working for the mall? like security, or janitor even?" Tim asked the young girl at the counter.
"Sure let me just check, I know we always need more people during the holidays. Oh here we go, looks like we need some night time janitors, and a few spots open as weekend security guards. You just have to be eighteen for those positions."
"Aw man, 8 more months and i'd have it.”
Mrs. Claus had walked by and spotted the teenage Tim looking gloomy. She recognized him as having been on the good list every year until he turned 11 and stopped believing in Santa Claus. “Hmmm I think I know just the person to give the last wish to.” She thought to herself. She walked over by Tim to see if she could see what he desired.
Is there anything else available?"
“hmmm lets see here… the only jobs that don’t have age requirements are working in the north pole display. However the only opening we have there is as Mrs. Claus oddly enough. Our old one got fired for getting into a fight with a cell phone salesman”
“that job doesn’t have an age requirement? how?
“legally it doesn’t. But the likelihood of someone under eighteen getting that position is highly unlikely” she said with a laugh. “its a pretty sweet job too, you get full benefits from the association of mall entertainers and the pay is 50 bucks an hour and you work a minimum of 5 hours a day, 5 days a week.”
“50 bucks an hour just to have some cute little kids sit on your lap? wow, wish I could get that job! If I only I could pass for a Mrs Claus!” Tim joked. However the listening Mrs Claus could not sense the humor and sarcasm and took it literall. “oh, the sweet young man wishes to be like me! I know exactly what to do!” In her naivety she mustered the last of her christmas magic for the year and cast the spell over the unsuspecting Tim and walked away satisfied and proud she could do one last good deed. Now It was only a matter of time for the magic to take effect.
At that moment Tim felt a shudder through his body and a taste of peppermint entered his mouth. “whoah, that was weird. Does it smell like gingerbread in here?”  indicates the next chapter needs to be written. |
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