Elf on the Shelf

AllonsYtotheTardis
AllonsYtotheTardis Posts: 16,947 Member
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those things are damn creepy.

Also, I want to enter people's houses and randomly touch the Elf, just to watch people freak out.

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  • downsizinghoss
    downsizinghoss Posts: 1,035 Member
    yeah, don't get me started on that one lol
  • mmm_drop
    mmm_drop Posts: 1,126 Member
    Compelled to come here; glad to not find an elf. *shudder*
  • mrsamanda86
    mrsamanda86 Posts: 869 Member
    Those things are so creepy and weird!!!
  • danasings
    danasings Posts: 8,218 Member
    Do not like. My kids don't have one. I hope to jack Daniels I can avoid those things throughout their entire childhoods.
  • metaphoria
    metaphoria Posts: 1,432 Member
    Yet another "must have" holiday purchase and ammunition in the mommy wars.
  • SueSlick
    SueSlick Posts: 268 Member
    If this was around when my kids were little, I would probably have one...looks like I dodged a bullet there!
  • delicious_cocktail
    delicious_cocktail Posts: 5,797 Member
    In my house we have Daddy's Holiday Vodka Bottle.

    It shows up at random places where the kids don't expect it, always filled at different levels (but usually empty). It watches the kids for Santa and if they're bad, it tells daddy what he should do.

    Don't tell the kids but every day it's a new bottle! LOL!
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    are u listening to xmas music right now> do you have xmas grinches in your house that talk and sing
  • anewlife1980
    anewlife1980 Posts: 225 Member
    oh I love it!! Started it for my kids last year & look forward to doing it every night!! We've been having a blast coming up with new trouble for him to get into!
  • F00LofaT00K
    F00LofaT00K Posts: 688 Member
    What are they?? I've never heard of this before THIS season... I see them all over the place.
  • _TastySnoBalls_
    _TastySnoBalls_ Posts: 1,298 Member
    those little *kitten* are creepy as ffffffuuuu....and i totally don't get it.
  • Marcia315
    Marcia315 Posts: 460 Member
    Our elves wrecked the Barbie car. *kitten*.
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    We don't have one either.
  • ProgressNotPerfection32
    ProgressNotPerfection32 Posts: 1,155 Member
    I don't agree with them at all. I think it's a really bad idea, plus they are creepy! Daughter had one from grandma. Used it one year and said enough.
  • Cameron_1969
    Cameron_1969 Posts: 2,855 Member
    He may be creepy, but he's got a present for you


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  • Fishshtick
    Fishshtick Posts: 120 Member
    My wife started in with these last year. I swore off any responsibility for them and am glad I did when I see her scrambling to do something new and elaborate each night. Last night both elves (yes, we have two) were dressed in karate uniforms on a shelf behind my favorite chair, and yes...they can be creepy late at night. I will say that my wife is definitely having fun with it, and it is all based on her deep love of the holiday and our boys, so I don't really have any problem with it. I am perhaps a little concerned that the elves are so over the top they might actually make our boys question Santa earlier than they might otherwise. I tend to think the key to keeping up a good ruse is simplicity and an inability for someone to collect many observations of their own. The elf on the shelf stuff requires a complicated back story and puts a lot of observable material out for scrutinization. Once the elf thing implodes, Santa will probably get taken out as collateral damage. I have similar concerns about attending too many events with different Santas. Oh well, maybe it will lessen the blow if my kids come to the Santa realization through a bit of personal observation and elf skepticism.
  • Nicolee_2014
    Nicolee_2014 Posts: 1,572 Member
    I've got 1 but my kids aren't interested. It does help with bribery though! I say the elf is watching & will report to santa.
  • danasings
    danasings Posts: 8,218 Member
    In my house we have Daddy's Holiday Vodka Bottle.

    It shows up at random places where the kids don't expect it, always filled at different levels (but usually empty). It watches the kids for Santa and if they're bad, it tells daddy what he should do.

    Don't tell the kids but every day it's a new bottle! LOL!

    Change "daddy" to "mommy" and you have my house! OMG, twinsies!
  • danasings
    danasings Posts: 8,218 Member
    He may be creepy, but he's got a present for you


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    OMG!!! **** in a Box, classic!!! :laugh:
  • Pepper2185
    Pepper2185 Posts: 994 Member
    He may be creepy, but he's got a present for you


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    Hahahaha! I'm never getting an Elf on the Shelf!
  • The_Fat_Friend
    The_Fat_Friend Posts: 34 Member
    The best part of Elf on the Shelf is all the inappropriate pictures that are out there!

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  • AllonsYtotheTardis
    AllonsYtotheTardis Posts: 16,947 Member
    Yet another "must have" holiday purchase and ammunition in the mommy wars.

    yup. all the momzillas on pinterest trying to out-do each other. :angry:
  • Mahihkan
    Mahihkan Posts: 162
    Creepiest thing this year... even though there's no actual resemblance, those creepy elves reminds me of the clown in the "Poltergeist" movie... Glad, I don't have one...

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  • greenhudler
    greenhudler Posts: 150
    Yea we don't do elf on the shelf. One, they are super creepy and the thought of something (no matter if it's real or not!) "watching" my children irks me, and I don't like that s/he "reports back to Santa". I've also felt it is this competitive thing between moms to create the biggest scenarios...and I'm just not into the whole mom-competition thing. We did start this year, however, doing "Kindness Elves" after a good friend of mine showed me the idea online.
    http://theimaginationtree.com/2013/11/alternative-elf-on-shelf-tradition-kindness-elf.html
    https://www.facebook.com/thekindnesselves

    The posts about them do talk about a Christian God, and we aren't Christian, however we fell in love with this idea and are happy to be making it a tradition in our family.
  • Blessed9jaBeauty
    Blessed9jaBeauty Posts: 504 Member
    CAPTION: "How'd that ELF GET OFF THE SHELF!?! I'm getting out of here...:wink:

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  • olehcat
    olehcat Posts: 92 Member
    Just...creepy!
  • greenhudler
    greenhudler Posts: 150
    Just saw this on Facebook:
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  • pawnstarNate
    pawnstarNate Posts: 1,728 Member
    Here's a few that I've done so far.

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    The only one of these the little one saw though was this one......
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  • pawnstarNate
    pawnstarNate Posts: 1,728 Member
    *bump cause I don't want the cheating spouse thread on top anymore. Good juicy soap opera but, it's getting old
  • iplayoutside19
    iplayoutside19 Posts: 2,304 Member
    About 24 hrs after watching that Elf on the Shelf Show on CBS, my 9 yr old goes: "I think that Elf on the Shelf is for people Santa doesn't trust. And that's why we don't have one, because he trusts us.".

    Damn right kid, damn right.

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