Naughty Little Elf

As the winter season approaches, the pesky little elves return to cause mischief. Each year, more families welcome the smirking, long-limbed guests to spy on children and report their good and bad deeds to Santa Claus. 

Sophomore Raleigh Freschi recalled a fun family tradition involving the Elf on the Shelf.  “On Christmas morning [the elves were] holding tickets to a monster truck show we would always get to see in January,” Freschi said.

Not everyone recalls the December visitor with fondness, however. Junior Ben Biggs explained,” I’m autistic, so when I was old enough to understand things like Santa and the Easter Bunny weren’t real, I’d get really upset when my parents still made my younger brothers believe in that stuff. This, of course, made me very much resent the elves. I’d get really upset when my parents said we couldn’t touch them, or move them, or anything like that. I’d started bopping them so I could prove my parents wrong when I still got presents on Christmas day (of course I would get in trouble if my parents ever found out so I always did it in secret). There was one night I stayed hidden so I could spot my parents moving the elves, and when I caught them they still tried to make me play along.”

Not all have the experience of Elf on the Shelf. Senior Avery Bissell said, ”My parents didn’t want to have to deal with moving it every night.”

The final story is of Mr. Seeley, who remembers an experience with his pesky elf and his wife. “It scared Erica, so we stopped hiding him around the house,” he said.  In conclusion, as much as some may think these elves are annoying, the memories we have connected to these tiny ones will become something we recall when we are older as some sort of a happy memory and tradition to possibly pass on in the future.