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Elf on the Shelf: yea or nay?

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What do you think of Elf on the Shelf?

  • Cute

    Votes: 4 9.5%

  • Creepy

    Votes: 22 52.4%

  • Commercial

    Votes: 21 50.0%
  • Total voters
    42
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Not so much worried about the "gay"ness of it, considering elves are part of the Santa package and I only have little girls, so I'm okay keeping it pretty femme-y for them.

It's the creepy factor that initially struck me about The Elf, since he/she is supposedly watching the kids in the house and then reporting back to Santa for the naughty/nice list. First, I thought Santa knew that stuff anyway, with his own special powers, and second, I don't put much stock in that stuff anyway considering our Christmas is also about that Jesus guy who has pretty similar abilities.

But it's the commercial/peer-pressure aspect that annoys me, as if this relatively-new "tradition" is supposedly ubiquitous and my daughter's going to come home asking why we don't have The Elf on our Shelf? First, I'm pretty sure she's going to ask me that about any toy she sees anywhere else, and second, because sweetie there's a lot of crap other people have that we don't need in our house. Now run along and play with your American Girl and Build-a-Bear collections...
 
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buckeyebri said:
Didn't vote, but thank god that thing wasn't around when my daughter was of that age. I heard some guy at work talking about it last year and I thought seriously dude.....
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All I'm gonna say...

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I didn't hear about it until last year. I had spent the last couple of Christmas's in Iraq and Afghanistan. I guess my wife was doing it while I was away. My youngest gets a kick out of it. I have fun setting up the "elf" pranks too.
 
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BayBuck said:
Now run along and play with your American Girl and Build-a-Bear collections...
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I told my kid she'd have to save up for her Own American Girl doll, figuring either A. she couldn't do it. B. By the time she scraped up over $100 (She doesn't get a regular allowance) she'd be out of the phase, or C. She'd buy something else along the way. (ie a combination of A and B but with less fail).

Damn doll came last Friday. Took her 8 months.
 
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AKAK said:
I told my kid she'd have to save up for her Own American Girl doll, figuring either A. she couldn't do it. B. By the time she scraped up over $100 (She doesn't get a regular allowance) she'd be out of the phase, or C. She'd buy something else along the way. (ie a combination of A and B but with less fail).

Damn doll came last Friday. Took her 8 months.
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We got a hand-me-down from my sister, which was great--until I realized that means now we have a doll that needs all those accessories in the catalogs that also starting showing up.
 
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BayBuck said:
Not so much worried about the "gay"ness of it, considering elves are part of the Santa package and I only have little girls, so I'm okay keeping it pretty femme-y for them.

It's the creepy factor that initially struck me about The Elf, since he/she is supposedly watching the kids in the house and then reporting back to Santa for the naughty/nice list. First, I thought Santa knew that stuff anyway, with his own special powers, and second, I don't put much stock in that stuff anyway considering our Christmas is also about that Jesus guy who has pretty similar abilities.

But it's the commercial/peer-pressure aspect that annoys me, as if this relatively-new "tradition" is supposedly ubiquitous and my daughter's going to come home asking why we don't have The Elf on our Shelf? First, I'm pretty sure she's going to ask me that about any toy she sees anywhere else, and second, because sweetie there's a lot of crap other people have that we don't need in our house. Now run along and play with your American Girl and Build-a-Bear collections...
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You need to start your own family tradition rather than buy into these commercialized (complete with cheap, possibly toxic Chinaman made merchandise).

Mine it to put up my vintage mid-century made-in-America Evergleam aluminum tree and then get stinkin' drunk on vintage made-in-Britain Scotch.
 
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BayBuck said:
We got a hand-me-down from my sister, which was great--until I realized that means now we have a doll that needs all those accessories in the catalogs that also starting showing up.
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My kid designs her own (now, mind you, the "real" american girl doll is the 3rd one of that size or whatever that she's got), then she takes the to grandma, they go to the store and they make the dresses, one for her, and one for the doll. Well, mostly, more for the doll, but, yeah... I think she's got a few bought ones obviously, but, yeah... I don't buy her that crap. I buy her more practical things, like weapons.
 
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AKAK said:
My kid designs her own (now, mind you, the "real" american girl doll is the 3rd one of that size or whatever that she's got), then she takes the to grandma, they go to the store and they make the dresses, one for her, and one for the doll. Well, mostly, more for the doll, but, yeah... I think she's got a few bought ones obviously, but, yeah... I don't buy her that crap. I buy her more practical things, like weapons.
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And food. Merry Christmas, here's lunch!
 
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