https://www.peopleiwanttopunchinthethroat.com/2011/12/over-achieving-elf-on-shelf-mommies.html
I've been anxiously awaiting for Tatum to be old enough to justify buying this. I see all my friends posting cute pics on fb (even one that had her child holding the elf (which apparently it loses it's magical powers if he's touched by kids). I was dying laughing reading all the responses from all my friends that told her that her elf was ruined and she needed to go out and buy a new one. Now, I'm starting to second guess myself on this cute lil elf and all his magic powers!
Re: Elf on the Shelf...you've got to read this!
I do not get the appeal of the creeper elf.
If you read the Santa thread, you know this could very well turn into an ugly throw down.
Elf or No Elf?
I am totally in the minority, but I freaking LOVE our elf. I busted him out the night before thanksgiving so he could magically show up after dinner. Which means I actually took him 3 hours to someone elses house.
I move him every night before I go to bed and its so fun to see Buddy light up looking for him.
Never heard of this elf until the last few years-
put me on team hate the elf.
Ugh. We went to B&N to pick up Hanukkah/Christmas gifts--and my DH had to buy the creepy elf. Just because it is creepy. And apparently years ago his grandfather had creepy elves all over the place.
It is seriously watching me.
*shudders*
Labor Buddy to Blowfish11
We also don't use Santa as a behavioral tool.
But yes, the elf is creepy fun.
When I was a kid my brother had a glow-in-the-dark skeleton he got from science camp that he used to put into different positions when we weren't looking, and he'd swear up and down that he didn't do it.
I cried whenever I saw it had moved, and my mom had to move it to her bedroom and force a confession from my brother.
There will never be an elf on my shelf.