BSC meeting time! Yay! The chapter starts with one of Jessi's contributions to the Wedding Journal. She apologizes that she wasn't writing about the wedding, but she couldn't after what happened that day. Ooh... Intrigue!
Mallory is singing. She's butchering the words to "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire". Shannon tries to teach her the words. When this proves to be unsuccessful, she awesomely replies, "I take it back. You can't sing." I love Shannon. Apparently, she wanted everyone to sing, but Mallory was embarassed about her singing. Shannon told her that everyone can sing, and was subsequently proven wrong. Way to go, Mal. You fail.
Eleven minutes into the meeting (the actually tell us the exact time!), Mrs. McGill calls the BSC. Apparently, Belair's needs a Santa. Stacey explains that they "lost" their current one. Claudia rules, because she responds with, "Disappeared between men's shoes and home appliances, huh? I know that area. It's like the Bermuda Triangle." hee!
Actually, Santa was cast in a movie, so he has to leave town. Mrs. McGill needs a new Santa ASAP. They check the record book. Jessi is the only one free! She says that she can't because of three things:
Jessi recalls living in Oakley, and always being happy to see a black Santa. She agrees to be Belair's Santa.
Apparently the previous year's Santa said, "Yo! What's up?" instead of Ho! Ho! Ho! They didn't mind though, because he was charming. The Belair's lady (her name is Mrs. Javorsky, in case you're playing the trivia game at home. Don't worry, though! We'll never see her again.) says that even if little kids see through the disguise, they just make up their own descriptions about why the department store Santa doesn't look like the picture in their minds.
Chapter 4
A Mallory chapter. Oh, Goody. She writes in the journal. She had an idea, but now her life is a mess. That doesn't happen when Kristy has ideas, now does it? Once again, Mal. You Fail!
She's hanging out with Ben. I hate the stupid phonetic spelling of the Hobarts' accents. Mel-ry? Really?
Mallory says that she got Claire a hole punch for Christmas once, and it was her favorite gift. I'd snark that, but I actually like hole punches, so I'll let it go.
A bunch of the neighborhood kids come over. Ben makes hot chocolate for everyone. James Hobart comes in and says, "Me and Jake found a birds' nest!" Me and Jake? ME and Jake? Incorrect Grammar alert! Fail! I don't care if it was intentional, and they were trying to imply that young kids don't know grammar. When I was that age, I knew how to use "...and me" & "...and I" correctly. FAIL!
Ben and the kids start singing carols. Everyone is singing, and they decide that it would be fun to go caroling. Yay Caroling! I haven't done that in years.
Mallory goes home, and gets a call from Claudia. They've been invited to be mothers' helpers at the Barret-DeWitt wedding. Mallory accepts, but... oh noes! It's the same day that she's supposed to go caroling with Ben and the kids! She calls Ben to explain, and he wants her to cancel the sitting job. She says she can't, and Ben gets mad. Okay, fine. I don't like when friends cancel plans, but seriously, how hard is it to change the date of plans if someone has to do something else that can't be changed? They fight, and I think this rivals the card catalog fight as the dumbest BSC fight ever.
I just looked at the next page, and we have ourselves a Suzi chapter. On that note, I think this is a good place to stop.
No comments:
Post a Comment