Our family received a shelf elf for this Christmas. I bought it at the after-Christmas clearance last year, and forgot about it until we unpacked all the decorations.
Now there is an entire tradition build around the shelf elf...you can learn more about it here on the official website. Unfortunately, I wasn't aware of all the folklore, so I just took the elf out of the box and placed him on a shelf in front of the kids.
Then we sat down to read the storybook, and I realized my mistake. Shelf Elf should mysteriously appear from the North Pole. Then he returns there every night to report to Santa on the children's behavior. In the morning, the kids find him in a different location in the house.
Luckily, Grace and Jack BELIEVE soooo much and look for the elf every morning. They named the elf "Rocky James"--a compromise of both the names they picked.
That tricky elf has shown up in some interesting places...on our chandelier in the entry hall and in a bowl of candy canes. He must have a sweet tooth because he ate the whole bowl!
I wonder if he will find us at Disney World? Hmmmmm....
we have the same one, this is our third year doing it, and the kids LOVE it, first thing every morning they have to find happy our elf!! It's a great tradition!!
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