I‘ve learned that I should always put my best foot forward — even when I’m in a bathroom.– Laura Coppinger, the actress who played the St. Charles Christmas Traditions character the Sugar Plum Fairy. Coppinger was fired because she cursed after she accidentally flushed — a no-no — while taking a city-mandated drug test. Two merchants, the owners of Riverside Sweets and Grandma’s Cookies, now have hired Coppinger to work during the holiday season at their sweet shops.