Anyone heard of this before?

Apparently it's the new Santa's helper. Parents tell their kids there is an Elf that comes and hangs out around the house before Christmas to watch their kids and reports back to Santa.

I almost ruined it for the girls I nanny for today, their mom had to explain it to me real fast so I could save it.

http://www.elfontheshelf.com

11/11/2008 9:35:18 PM

never heard of it before in my life.

11/11/2008 9:36:24 PM

my wife bought one for our little boy not too long ago

until then, i had never heard of it

11/11/2008 9:38:36 PM

yeah I'm pretty sure this is a new fad among parents.

I almost ruined it when I told the girl I had never in my life heard of the Elf on a Shelf....I had to be like "well I guess my parents just never told me about the Elf, they wanted to keep it a secret"

11/11/2008 9:38:38 PM

I can't wait for my first born. I will make certain that they know there is no such thing as Santa and all the other made up things. All the other parents will hate me but my defense will always be "well, stop lying to your children".

11/11/2008 9:44:57 PM

new? if by new you mean 3-4 years ago.

if you have stepped foot in a bookstore between Oct. and Dec. in the last 3-4 years you have seen them everywhere

11/11/2008 9:45:54 PM

i'm just not gonna have kids

11/11/2008 9:46:01 PM

^^^

Quote :

"I'm too cool to have a kid with an imagination"

[Edited on November 11, 2008 at 9:47 PM. Reason : ]

11/11/2008 9:46:24 PM

The toy store I worked for had been selling them for a few years. They're actually really popular. My grandmother did something similar when we were growing up. She would hide elves around the house, and we'd have to find them. The Elf on the Shelf thing is a cute idea, but it's way over-marketed. There's an activity book, a reading book, and the elf is actually really creepy looking. The promotional video is definitely weird. But parents and kids can't get enough of it. This is the second year we've been sold completely out. Every time we got them in stock (hundreds of them), they'd be gone within a day or two.



[Edited on November 11, 2008 at 9:49 PM. Reason : ]

11/11/2008 9:49:06 PM

Well I tell you it's great though....

"Sara Grace it's time to get in the bath and wash your hair"


"NO I WILL NOT GET IN THE BATH I TOOK ONE TWO DAYS AGO!!!!! "


"You know when the shelf elf comes this weekend I might have to let him know that you're being mean"

"Okay I'll get in the bath "

11/11/2008 9:51:08 PM

haha, the things people will spend money on never cease to amaze me

i could sew that son of a bitch up with some cheap felt, cotton balls, and the head off a baby doll from the dollar general

11/11/2008 9:51:20 PM

And it's $29.99 with the story book...

11/11/2008 9:51:51 PM

Haha...these parents just tell them it's an elf that only grown ups can see and talk to, but kids don't know when they are around.

11/11/2008 9:52:00 PM

Imagination? I would believe in something if my parents, the one entity that I trust with everything, told me it existed. There is no imagination in this.

11/11/2008 9:52:08 PM

my uncle always told me about the secret elf... he would only come if I kept all our games secret

11/11/2008 9:53:11 PM

Pillowpants is a dangerous little elf!

11/11/2008 9:53:51 PM

^^hahahaha


While I was giving the youngest girl a bath she said "What if the elf came into the bath tub with me?"

I said "Well then you would have to tell me if he touched you in your special place so I could kick him out of the house"

[Edited on November 11, 2008 at 9:54 PM. Reason : ]

11/11/2008 9:54:03 PM

^ PM sent

11/11/2008 9:55:38 PM

Quote :

"I can't wait for my first born. I will make certain that they know there is no such thing as Santa and all the other made up things. All the other parents will hate me but my defense will always be "well, stop lying to your children". "

i don't think it is lying. because there WAS a santa claus. i think it is more about how you teach your children. about the importance of giving to others, etc.

also i want my kids to be imaginative. so the santa thing doesn't seem like that big of a deal to me. i think it can actually be a GOOD thing. but i don't want to hold santa or an elf over their heads to force them to behave. or bribe them with presents. but again, it is about how you raise your kids.

11/11/2008 9:57:11 PM

Randal Graves: Why haven't you fucked Myra yet?
Elias: Well, we can't because of Pillow Pants.
Randal Graves: What the fuck's Pillow Pants?
Elias: Pillow Pants is a little troll who lives in her pussy.
[Randal stares]
Elias: Pillow Pants is her pussy troll?
[scoffs]
Elias: Duh. You know how every girl's parents put a pussy troll in them when the girls are young, to keep them from having premarital sex?
Randal Graves: ...Sure.
Elias: Well Myra's is named Pillow Pants. And so even though she totally wants to have sex with me, Myra says if I put my... thing in her, Pillow Pants will bite it off. So, I gotta wait until Pillow Pants gets peed out of her body on her 21st birthday before we can have sex.
Randal Graves: [floored] And Myra told you this?
Elias: Boyfriends and girlfriends talk to each other about sex stuff Randal. You'd know this if you ever had a girlfriend.
Randal Graves: Have you and Myra even kissed yet?
Elias: We would have already if it wasn't for Listerfiend.
Randal Graves: [beat] Listerfiend is her mouth troll, isn't it?
Elias: [shakes head] Women.

11/11/2008 9:57:55 PM