Christmas Elf

Last year Karen & Michael had some friends that had special Christmas elf visitors and they wanted so much to have one too. So this year we asked Santa if he could send one to us. The day after Thanksgiving we were excited to see that our own elf had come to our home! The kids were just as excited as could be. We had a letter from Santa telling us about our magic elf. When we name the elf he would receive his magic. He watches the kids and each evening returns to Santa to let him know how good the kids were. The elf cannot talk to the kids and we were told that if they touched him he would lose his magic. When Michael heard that he immediately wanted to touch the elf. We were very surprised by this and on asking why, we found out that Michael was very scared of the elf now because he was magic. He wanted to send the elf back to Santa and not have him here at all. We spent a lot of time talking to him and trying to figure out how to handle this. Meanwhile Karen was getting very upset and nearing tears because Michael was going to touch the elf and he would lose his magic. So Mommy and Daddy had to get online and talk with Santa to work out something so Michael wouldn't be scared anymore and Karen wouldn't worry about the elf losing his magic. Santa was very helpful and said that in this special circumstance, Jingle Jangle (the name the kids chose) could keep his magic even if he was touched. This satisfied Karen and after a day with Jingle Jangle (or Elfy for short) Michael was soon excited to have him here too.

Since then our elf has shown up each morning somewhere different. Here are some pictures of our elf's antics.
It's been a lot of fun and the kids are so excited each morning to find out where Elfy is now. On Christmas Eve he will return to Santa until next year. Karen is very sad about this, but I'm sure she will get over it especially after getting presents on Christmas morning. If you haven't heard about Christmas elves you can "google" Elf on the Shelf and you can find out all about how to get one of your own.