Do you like "The Elf On The Shelf"?

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Just what every kid wants. A little snitch that sits on a shelf watching your every move and if you are bad, he rats you out to Santa.

TrueConfection · Accepted Answer

I haven’t read the book, but I’m glad this creepy thing wasn’t around when I was a kid! We would have taped him in a box and mailed him back to the North Pole.

I’m also glad my kids just missed it and I didn’t get sucked into the commercial craziness of this elf.

Do you know that parents have to reposition the elf EVERY night in December while the kids are asleep? Santa was enough once a year. I fell asleep many nights on my kids’ floors reading their bedtime stories. I just can’t imagine adding this chore to that mix.

katiesmuff · Accepted Answer

Yes but had so much fun with the ones at our house. Now everybody is older so all 4 hang on our Christmas tree.

AviatorTom · Accepted Answer

There's a neighborhood girl, age 10, who loves her elf on the shelf. The elf is supposed to go back to the North Pole each night and give a naughty-or-nice report. The little girl gets upset if she finds the elf in the same place as it was when she went to bd. Her father is going nits trying to find places different to hide the elf... all for his daughter.

Wiredone · Accepted Answer

He makes for good target practice

purplepoppy · Answer

It's just the American twist on the European House Elf thing that most countries have. Usually they do little jobs in exchange for a bowl of milk or something and that could include watching over kids to make sure they behave. Lots of homes here had decorative horns on the wall at one time and an elf would peep out to check kids were behaving.

We know House elves are real because there's an actual documented case of a farmer that would put a saucer of milk with his dog every night when it slept in the barn so the elf would take care of it. Every morning the milk was gone. Can't argue with that.

RandomGirl42 · Answer

No! There are absolutely no troublesome Elf's on Shelfs in this house! They're related to those pesky leprechauns, you know. And we all know what a pain in the ass they are always getting into everything and drinking all my booze!

And the lovely fae folk help me keep them at bay as well. Oh yes, there's been a long ongoing battle between fae and elves that not many know about. Just ask them.

Beckybooboo · Answer

We did it one time. That thing was so creepy! My brother's would also hide it places so my dad would find it. Then one night, we were having a camp fire in our back yard, my dad went to get a beer, came back with the elf and threw him in the 🔥 😂😂😂😂 My brother's put him in the fridge on top of his twelve pack lol

DrPepper12 · Answer

🕎 Nah. We roll the Hebrew way with the "Mensch on a Bench"

OlderAndWiser · Answer

I never had kids so I don’t know what this is all about.

douride2 · Answer

No thanks. Just leave that elf on a shelf in the store.

Iron_Man · Answer

I would love those to keep an eye on people and he could be my personal snitch lol 😂

DryGermanGuy · Answer

I have heard Trump is a fan: 😬

Flower7 · Answer

I don’t know very much about the tradition. I’ve heard of it, but always thought the elf was just for decoration, not to “watch” people.

Anonymous · Answer

It's fun for the kids.

msc545 · Answer

Yeah, I like him; he's very cute.

DishLady · Answer

No, it's creepy.

Gagforlifetime · Answer

It’s the Christmas spirit

Raydergman26 · Answer

I remember that kind of game

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