Don't know if you've ever heard of this book/toy, I saw it on the world wide web...anyway...I believe you buy the book, which comes with a stuffed elf. The gist of the story is that it is a "magic elf" that Santa has sent to spy on the children in your house to report back to Santa on whether they are good or bad. While in your house, the elf may get in to his own mischief and be found doing funny things when the kids find him in the mornings. He then returns to the North Pole with Santa on Christmas Eve. Sounds cute and kind of fun right? At least all of the people online raved about this wonderful tradition they do with their children and how much fun they have. So, you may notice my elf looks much like the elf from "Rudolph", which it is. I bought my own elf and devised a letter from Santa introducing him (much cheaper than the book). He arrived on the doorstep tonight. Apparantly, my kids are much more gullible than I thought (or they really really do believe in Santa)! They are terrified. Raeley actually just seems genuinely concerned, and can the elf see if she is good at school? Mya told Scott that she doesn't like the elf, he will put her on the naughty list. I honestly thought they would think he was a fun friend. I'm not sure whether to get rid of the elf or relish the next 2 weeks of (hopefully) very-welled-behaved children!!
We should have had an elf when you kids were younger, maybe it would have worked on you. Not that you were all that terrible all the time.
ReplyDeleteI saw a few people doing this...and I am not sure what to think. You will have to tell me how it ended after two weeks. Great idea to use your own letter and purchasing your own elf.
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