I keep seeing elf references everywhere. In homes, on mantels. (You know what? Apparently, I can't spell mantel. I just had to go look it up.) Dancing electronically. I think I'm missing some huge elven back story here. Like that Elf on the Shelf. About the 100th time we saw that bub on the Hub, Chance turns to me and says,
"That is the worst cartoon ever!"
Me, perplexed: "I think it's supposed to be a commercial. See, there's a website?"
Chance: "WORST EVER!"
And then I see references on blogs about "Our elf is missing! He's off to Santa!" What? Soooooo… these elves are hanging out spying on us? Like, behavior narcs? Is that the deal with the elves?
Because that is just creepy. Do their eyes follow you around the room? *shudder* I'd much prefer my elves remanded to the North Pole sweat shop, thanks.
– wg
I’ve seen the elf thing around but don’t understand why it is so popular. So I asked a friend – she loves hers around and tells her daughter that the elf watches over her FOR Santa. Which is wickedly evil but the paranoid freak in me wonders about the eyes following and the snarky grin on the elf’s face.
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We sell the hell out of that Elf on The Shelf thing. In fact, as of this week, we’re sold out, and we started the season with well over 100 of them. I think if my kids were younger, maybe I’d get into it, but now, I’d probably wake up and find that thing staring at me, and it would terrify me!
I was with a family using the watching elves to keep the kids in line so they can get Christmas presents from Santa. I had to ask what they use after Christmas. Cupid?
I think I’m biased, too, because I was given this set of elf cherub dolls that are supposed to be sleeping angelically or something but just look downright freaky to me. Kind of like those squashed face, cross-eyed kittens. No, you cannot haz my cheeseburger.
Never heard of it. Just read the first paragraph of the back story using your link. Ty would throw him out! He would not have that. I can just see me telling him what it is for and him marching down the stairs with the thing and tossing him out of the front door. Too creepy is right!