The year is 1987. It’s Christmas time. The scent of roasting chestnuts from the outdoors mingling with the scents from the myriad perfumes of the first floor of the store were so strong they stayed with us… The Victorian Quartet, Macy Mouse and me…
Huggable Honey Bear, as we went throughout the store, entertaining shoppers. In ruffled petticoats, short dress, pretty red shoes and brown bear costume, with rosy cheeks and a big smile I would set forth out into the store saying ”Hello, I’m Huggable Honey Bear and I give Hugs for Christmas! Would you like one?” I never hugged so many people in my life!! I loved my job.
Never had a bear had her picture taken so much! We would entertain all the way up to the eighth floor where Santa Claus and his elves… lots and lots of elves… resided in a wonderful, beautiful, magical fantasy land. There was also a puppet theatre with continuing shows throughout the day. Another thing Macy Mouse, the Victorian Quartet and I had to do was a pre show in the puppet theatre so the puppeteers could properly set up between each show.
I took this very seriously. I came up with a show that would entertain not only children but also their weary parents. It was so popular that the manager of Santa-land would get calls asking when was the Bear going to be in the puppet theatre. This particular afternoon I had Macy Mouse join me in my show. We did that sometimes.
Macy Mouse was a very funny and talented man and we had a lot of fun together. We were going to play a participation game I invented called “The Christmas Game”. It is a lot of fun and can cause many giggles. Even amongst adults.
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