Oh, you guys. It’s officially the season to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, in a myriad of ways which have exactly nothing to do with that Holy Night in Bethlehem.
Lights, pine trees, Santa – yep, there was none of that sh*t in a stable all forlorn. No Turducken, seafood buffet, or Netflix holiday specials. And yet, we associate all of those glorious, delicious, and wonderful things with Christmas.
Some of us even place a sort of creepy-looking elf in various positions all over the house as part of the season’s traditions… and some of us are trapped in a cycle of doing that every night of December, by our kids, who love/demand the Elf be in increasingly creative poses year after year.
If you are one of those people, we feel you. We know you just want to sit down with a wine and watch Bad Santa when the kids go to bed. We also know you’re a loving parent, so you will instead, for all 24 nights of December, try your best to give your kids a thrill the next morning.
To help you out, we’ve come up with 24 (totally PG-rated, because trust us, many Elfs are… not) ideas for your Elf on the Shelf til Christmas finally comes.
You’re welcome.
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1. Sweets for your sweets.
2. Elf with a plan.
3. Taco Tuesday Elf.
4. Midnight snack Elf.
5. Charity Elf.
6. Elf on stilts.
7. Treasure hunt Elf.
8. Spiderman Elf.
9. Drone Elf.
10. Fart jar Elf.
11. Supremely annoying Elf.
12. Miley Cyrus Wrecking Ball (PG-rated) Elf.
13. Cereal surprise Elf.
14. Balloon Elf.
15. Highly useful Elf.
16. Snowman Elf.
17. Board game Elf.
18. Pop culture reference Elf.
19. Selfie Elf.
20. Straight from the North Pole Elf.
21. Trapped in the TV Elf.
22. Dabbing Elf.
23. Toilet paper trapeze artist Elf.
24. Sprinkles Angel Elf.
And if at any stage you want to stop the Elf madness, we totally support you in that. Because, we know you are doing all the things for everyone in December.