Sunday, November 28, 2010

The Elf on the Shelf




Have you heard of this! My sister-in-law told me about it and I ran out and got one the very next day (at B & N for $29.95). It's genius! You can buy/adopt your very own elf. He comes with a book that tells all about this special family tradition. Basically, your elf watches over the kids and flies back to Santa every night to tell him if they've been naughty or nice. The next morning he shows up in a different place. It's a lot of fun for Gavin to find him each morning when he wakes up. There are a few rules. One is that kids can not touch him or it takes away some of his magic. However, kids are encouraged to talk to him and tell him what they want for Christmas. Another cool thing you can do with your elf is give him a name. Gavin named ours Ethan (which I love). You can go online and register your elf and print up an official adoption paper. You can also print out a personalized letter from Santa to your family. This is one tradition we will be doing every year.

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