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Dec. 10th, 2014 08:09 pmIt is a very big responsibility, getting the Palace ready for Christmas. This is partly because it is a very big palace, but mostly because it is Christmas.
Ordinarily, Susan's Royal Mama would be in charge of all the preparations (with a great deal of Delegating, which Mama says is one of the most important things a Queen can know how to do, and which seems to involve telling other people to do things).
But Mama is very busy this December, so Susan has volunteered to be in charge all sorts of Christmas things. After all, she is very grown up (she will be seven in the Spring). She is also very good at telling other people to do things.
Of course, there are some things Mama still has to do because she is the Queen and Susan is only the Princess Royal. And Sir Hector, who is the Royal Protocol Officer, is helping out with a lot, especially with the boring things, like figuring out where people will sit at the Christmas banquet and how many cakes they will need to have the kitchens bake to give as gifts to the Palace Staff. But Susan is doing all the really important things herself, hands-on, because that is her job.
Case in point: the installation of the tallest Christmas tree in Ambergeldar, which stands on the plaza in front of the main Palace gate. Susan is taking care of that personally.
Well, Norman brought the tree down the mountains. It's too far for Susan to go, and the tree is too heavy for her to carry.
And later, Lord Terence will have to come cast the spell that will make the candles all look like they are burning even though they are really not. Susan can't do that part, because she is not a magician.
And Mama's secretary, Duncan, has taken care of getting people to bring all the ornaments down from the attics and out to the tree, because Susan doesn't know where in the attic they are.
And X-23 and Norman are mostly in charge of hanging the ornaments on the tree, because Susan cannot reach most of it, even when she stands on the step stool with three steps.
But other than that, she's doing it all herself.
Ordinarily, Susan's Royal Mama would be in charge of all the preparations (with a great deal of Delegating, which Mama says is one of the most important things a Queen can know how to do, and which seems to involve telling other people to do things).
But Mama is very busy this December, so Susan has volunteered to be in charge all sorts of Christmas things. After all, she is very grown up (she will be seven in the Spring). She is also very good at telling other people to do things.
Of course, there are some things Mama still has to do because she is the Queen and Susan is only the Princess Royal. And Sir Hector, who is the Royal Protocol Officer, is helping out with a lot, especially with the boring things, like figuring out where people will sit at the Christmas banquet and how many cakes they will need to have the kitchens bake to give as gifts to the Palace Staff. But Susan is doing all the really important things herself, hands-on, because that is her job.
Case in point: the installation of the tallest Christmas tree in Ambergeldar, which stands on the plaza in front of the main Palace gate. Susan is taking care of that personally.
Well, Norman brought the tree down the mountains. It's too far for Susan to go, and the tree is too heavy for her to carry.
And later, Lord Terence will have to come cast the spell that will make the candles all look like they are burning even though they are really not. Susan can't do that part, because she is not a magician.
And Mama's secretary, Duncan, has taken care of getting people to bring all the ornaments down from the attics and out to the tree, because Susan doesn't know where in the attic they are.
And X-23 and Norman are mostly in charge of hanging the ornaments on the tree, because Susan cannot reach most of it, even when she stands on the step stool with three steps.
But other than that, she's doing it all herself.
