Buried in between all the global scale politics and drama are the regular day-to-day scandals between local elves, like young Miss Virginia over here. Rumours of her having an affair with an Elf Council official, a married man, even, didn’t help any slander being thrown at the North Pole branch during Simone’s era. Thankfully, no one involved was important enough for rumours to linger though. Eventually, people moved on, and things began to calm down. Having a chill guy like Silas as Santa also helped. People just wanted to get back to Christmas.
Virginia would later retire early and move to the city with her future wife. Her son Shaggy would take her place in the North Pole branch soon thereafter. For some, things did indeed work out fine.
Yule balls: the original dynamax.