That Elf on the Shelf?

He watches you when you make stool.

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  • ToniChansNewLook
    ToniChansNewLook Posts: 52 Member
    I don't see the point of him..... if anything, having an elf on the shelf appearing in diferent places, just WATCHING me, would be enough to creep me out as a kid,,,
  • KaraP18
    KaraP18 Posts: 145 Member
    That thing is creepy as *kitten*!
  • J_Kohler_2
    J_Kohler_2 Posts: 150 Member
    LOL I hide one every night!
  • Oh seriously that thing is freaky! I don't get how anyone doesn't see that!
  • I hadn't heard of the thing until last year and thought it was the creepiest thing ever.
  • gomisskellygo
    gomisskellygo Posts: 635 Member
    LOL I hide one every night!

    Me too! I tried like heck to avoid getting one. Darn kindergarten gossipers!!! My daughter was horrified that she didn't have a "scout elf" like her friends...
  • jogglesngoggles
    jogglesngoggles Posts: 362 Member
    We have 2, but they're cute elves, not the one everyone has!! It's just fun!
  • _the_feniks_
    _the_feniks_ Posts: 3,412 Member
    My kids love it. I don't see it being any creepier than Santa knowing "when you are sleeping". :laugh:
  • mllst18
    mllst18 Posts: 188 Member
    Haha one of my coworkers has one for his son! haha! Funny concept, but my parents just told me they'd beat my *kitten*! haha :smokin:
  • KaraP18
    KaraP18 Posts: 145 Member
    If my mother hid that thing around the house at Christmas he would have mysteriously gone missing. Seriously he would have to GTFO!
  • cmcollins001
    cmcollins001 Posts: 3,472 Member
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  • TeachTheGirl
    TeachTheGirl Posts: 2,091 Member
    I want to get a hundred of them and put them in my son's room in the dead of night...
  • _Elemenopee_
    _Elemenopee_ Posts: 2,665 Member
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  • daisiemae123
    daisiemae123 Posts: 277 Member
    My son isn't old enough yet. A friend introduced it to her son last year and after she explained it all (she didn't have the book) He looked at her and said, "Mom, that isn't an elf, it's a stalker"
  • uidb5259
    uidb5259 Posts: 138 Member
    Our kids love it....they run out every morning to see where it is. Why is everyone so excited to kill childhood innocence? They are only little for a short time then the reality of how much this planet sucks will set in. Lets let them enjoy being a kid for a while.
  • jkleeh
    jkleeh Posts: 108 Member
    This makes me laugh so hard! I hate that elf he is creepy as hell!
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    I don't see the point of him..... if anything, having an elf on the shelf appearing in diferent places, just WATCHING me, would be enough to creep me out as a kid,,,
    And WHY WHY WHY do my friends insist on posting a photo on FB every single day of where it was the night before??????

    NO ONE CARES!!!!!
  • classycouture
    classycouture Posts: 888 Member
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    Hahahahah.
  • snoopytwins
    snoopytwins Posts: 1,759 Member
    I hate that thing...wait...let me go find the hate thread...
  • IronPlayground
    IronPlayground Posts: 1,594 Member
    Our kids love it. It's fun for them so why not let them enjoy it while they can.
  • sewerchick93
    sewerchick93 Posts: 1,438 Member
    We had one when we were growing up. One night my mom decided to put him on the edge of a lampshade , not realizing his bum was touching the lit lightbulb, needless to say his bum caught on fire.
  • BACONJOKESRSOFUNNY
    BACONJOKESRSOFUNNY Posts: 666 Member
    That's gross.
  • BurtHuttz
    BurtHuttz Posts: 3,653 Member
    We have goblins and they watch the children year 'round.
  • CharityEaton
    CharityEaton Posts: 499 Member
    LOL I hide one every night!

    Me too! I tried like heck to avoid getting one. Darn kindergarten gossipers!!! My daughter was horrified that she didn't have a "scout elf" like her friends...

    Yup, me too! Dang kids need to be learning at school instead of talking about the latest shenanigans from their Elf! Should have homeschooled then I wouldn't have to hide a creppy little elf all around my house and frost cheerios to make it look like he made them donuts! I can't be a slacker compared to all those mom's posting their Elf happenings on FB! geez!
    Thank GOD he isn't here ALL YEAR!
  • gadenni34
    gadenni34 Posts: 294 Member
    Our kids love it....they run out every morning to see where it is. Why is everyone so excited to kill childhood innocence? They are only little for a short time then the reality of how much this planet sucks will set in. Lets let them enjoy being a kid for a while.

    to each his own.
    I want my kids to enjoy childhood and do my best to perpetuate Santa and other myths like that. However I also try hard not to threaten something that will never happen. so I have never used Santa as a means to get my kids to behave. In that same vein the elf really serves no purpose for us.
    however every Christmas eve you will find me in my front yard chewing up carrots and then spitting little pieces out to let my kids believe that the reindeer really did eat those carrots we left out for them.
  • AimersBee
    AimersBee Posts: 775 Member
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  • dalehall64
    dalehall64 Posts: 290 Member
    Hah.. He/She is creepy.. We had to get one also because of the classmates my oldest has talked about theirs... (She's 6) She took right to it, but when my youngest, 4 years old, heard the story, she flipped out because of it coming to life each night. I had to assure her she wouldn't come to her room during the night.. So, where we hide her, it will never be in the girls' room. That being said, don't think I haven't been tempted to take pictures of the Elf looking creepily out from under her bed or sitting up next to her in bed at night.. LOL.. She would never go to sleep in her own bed again if I did that..
  • FlyByJuly
    FlyByJuly Posts: 564 Member
    I hadn't heard of the thing until last year and thought it was the creepiest thing ever.

    I'd never heard of the "Elf on a Shelf" thing until THIS year, and I learned of it right here on MFP!! I'd seen the elves before, but didn't know there's a "tradition" that goes along with them.
  • LittleMiss_WillLoseIt
    LittleMiss_WillLoseIt Posts: 1,373 Member
    Our kids love it. It's fun for them so why not let them enjoy it while they can.

    ^ This. My boys love it!!
  • ErinGBragh
    ErinGBragh Posts: 183 Member
    What happened to the good old days when parents just told their kids about Krampus?

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