T asked if Princess Elf could just stay at the North Pole and not come back to our house. Guys she really hates this elf. She said "no one likes a tattletale". LOL
Maybe it should have brought gifts? I don't think I'm going to bring her back next year.
Why does the elf have to tattle? Can't it just be something fun? "Oh what did that silly elf do this time?" "Oh, where did she hide today?"
I haven't threatened her with it, so I'm guessing she got it from the book or from school. She says that the elf tells Santa on her. Lol
Yeah, L has been telling me about "spy elves" and I despise EOTS and won't have it in my home (although I totally look at other people's cute pictures and smile). I guess she picked it up at school.
Our elf doesn't report to Santa. He just moves around the house. We'll probably just not read the book to DS next year when he's old enough to understand the story.
We throw him up on a high shelf, hang him from a painting, the pot rack, or make him do something funny. He's more for laughs than anything else.
But I'm staunchly not on-board with the naughty/nice list in my house. I know it's a tradition for many, and that's cool. Just not our approach.
Next year, if I were you, I would either nix the elf completely, or just take a few steps back. Change the tradition for your own family.
omg this fucking elf shit is the WORST PART OF CHRISTMAS lol
I am like preemptively angry about the inevitable day five years from now when my kid comes home and tells me all the other kids have an elf that comes to your house and why don't we have an elf, and I'm going to feel like I have to do it. I'M MAD AT OTHER KIDS WHO AREN'T BORN YET.
Our friends had someone send the elf to their 2 year old, and I was livid on their behalf. She doesn't go to daycare, they had AT LEAST four more years before they got bullied into having a fucking elf and that bitch threw one right in their laps.
Post by tripleshot on Dec 19, 2014 14:08:10 GMT -5
DS's teacher has one in the classroom and he tells me all the time how creepy it is and how he hates it. He's a good kid, just thinks dolls are creepy like I do.
I don't think we will next year. I feel like we are too far into it to quit now.
The point of the elf (IMO anyway) is to be fun. If it's not fun, stop it! You don't need to wait until next year. Just tell her, "You know what? I talked to Santa and he agrees that Princess Elf is done for the year" and then put her away.
Christmas should be fun for kids, not scary or annoying.
Yeah, I really can't get behind keeping up with it no matter how long you've been at it when your kid (the person that you're doing the elf for in the first place) has made it very clear to you that she hates it and wants it to go away.
Post by jennysmitten on Dec 19, 2014 14:17:48 GMT -5
IDK, if there were only a few days until Christmas I would probably continue to bother my child with it. ( Discloser, I hate EOTS and have no kids) I would try and find new ways to pose the thing that would annoy her. Because this:
Post by Jalapeñomel on Dec 19, 2014 14:32:58 GMT -5
T, the Princess Elf had to go help Santa, because there were lots of good boys and girls this year. She didn't he a chance to say bye, but she wrote me a note to say chau.
LOL, I would absolutely think she was up to something she didn't want Santa to find out about but I am suspicious of everyone.
So if the elf gets touched it loses it's magic right? I would 'accidentally' touch it and have to send it back to the North Pole to get fixed. Bad weather and busy season and all she doesn't make it back before Christmas. Then just don't bring her back next year.
I am like preemptively angry about the inevitable day five years from now when my kid comes home and tells me all the other kids have an elf that comes to your house and why don't we have an elf, and I'm going to feel like I have to do it. I'M MAD AT OTHER KIDS WHO AREN'T BORN YET.
Our friends had someone send the elf to their 2 year old, and I was livid on their behalf. She doesn't go to daycare, they had AT LEAST four more years before they got bullied into having a fucking elf and that bitch threw one right in their laps.
Repeat slowly after me.....NO.
lol
I don't care if other parents are doing it, I will TOTALLY throw them under the bus and tell our kids "we don't need to do the Elf because you are good kids!"
/preemptively combative
Shit, why haven't I thought of this. I don't do EOTS, but I haven't come up with a good excuse besides because.
I am one of the assholes you all hate but the elf is the best part of my holiday. He brings little gifts, diapers our toy Rudolph when he accidentally poops Hershey kisses, shows us how to plant a candy cane garden. I know I know but he brings me so much joy. Forget if the kids like him lol.
I don't care if other parents are doing it, I will TOTALLY throw them under the bus and tell our kids "we don't need to do the Elf because you are good kids!"
/preemptively combative
Shit, why haven't I thought of this. I don't do EOTS, but I haven't come up with a good excuse besides because.
For all she knows about it, L hasn't asked for one. We already have talks about how daddy celebrates Hanukkah and Santa (lol) and she has no desire even to speak to Santa, so she's fortunately down with the whole unexplained "different families are different" has worked so far. Thank goodness.