Let me just say that the elf on the shelf is not a Jewish thing and I didn’t learn about it until a few years ago living in the south, and that is not to say it is a southern thing, I just didn’t learn about it growing up in NYC.
There have been shelf elves for years, but the ‘Elf on a Shelf’ story was created in 2004.
So, for those of you not in the know, the elf on the shelf is a naughty/nice detector for Santa. Basically, the elf on your shelf is a scout elf sent to your family who reports back to Santa each night at the North Pole. The important thing to remember is that no one can touch the elf and it can’t speak or move if anyone in the house is awake; christmas magic and all!
Kids love to wake up and find the elf, wherever it was transported to the night before. As I mentioned, it’s a nice/naughty detector, kind of a way to get your kids to behave, hmmmm…
When you receive your elf, you give it a name and it becomes part of the family.
There are photos of the elf all over the web, including Facebook, where kids found him in the morning, where he was hiding and of course, there are also some great photos of elves gone bad, also all over the web and Facebook, naughty naughty elf!
So…where did you find him this morning?
Peaches Prattlings 