Just another game being played by the city’s parks department?
Maybe they were too busy salting the streets to participate in silly candy cane games?
But the candy cane hunt never took place.
“It is rumored that Santa’s elves were left behind in Sioux Falls after Christmas. It is believed that they hid numerous candy canes in Tuthill Park,†read the description on the Sioux Falls Parks and Recreation Department website of an event scheduled by Parks and Recreation for Saturday morning.
The rumors apparently were wrong.
About a dozen families with children showed up at the park prepared to ferret out the wily Christmas confection. But they had to resort to alternate plans when no one from Parks and Recreation showed up to get the hunt under way. There also was no cancellation notice on the department’s website, and attempts to reach Parks and Recreation officials were unsuccessful; their offices were closed for the weekend.
Maybe that’s why they didn’t show up? Should have had the public works guys take care of the event, according to everyone and their sister, they work 24/7, just not to change light bulbs on Christmas lights downtown, they have to hire a private contractor to do that.
I wonder if the ‘candy cane consultant’ the city hired fell through?
Can’t wait to hear the excuses for this mishap . . .
“Yeah, Carlos Candyland, our director of sugar, snow and winter fun for the Parks Department suddenly became ill and could not attend.”