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Christmas elf

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Mummabear04 · 20/11/2025 13:53

DD has asked for a Christmas elf this year, she's 6 years old and her BFF has one so of course she wants one now. Should I do it and if so can people give me 25 days worth of things that the elf does? Does it just move around the house? I absolutely love Christmas but for some reason I really am not keen on the elf idea...yay or nay mumsnetters? You decide for me!

YABU - Just do it scrooge!
YANBU - don't do it!!!!!

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Hayley1256 · 20/11/2025 14:02

We have elves, they don't come every day as sometimes they have to go back amd help santa! My normal routine with them is:

1st Dec - they arrive with advent calendars, normally having put flour around the kitchen as they miss snow

Few days of random mornings where they are hanging in placed or making a mess of things. The then go away for a couple of days

Around the 7th - they return and we wake up to them with all the Xmas decorations out (this is on a sat morning) and some Xmas pj's for us

Next few days they bring choc, Xmas themed books and an Xmas jumper for whatever day school are doing it.

I tend to get creative with loo roll, set up having tea with the barbies etc.

They go back 2 day before Xmas eve when they return with the Xmas eve box

DappledThings · 20/11/2025 13:56

I've refused. Weird creepy thing.

I didn't realise children are told it's magic and moves by itself. I assumed they knew it was just a toy and their parents make it do the weird prank stuff. I told DC we weren't getting one because it was another job for me