People with young DC who don't do Elf on the Shelf- what do you tell them?

[TheCraicDealer]

DD is only ten weeks old so we're a while off this being an issue, but I'm genuinely curious.

Most of the parents on my social media seem to do this Elf on the Shelf shite and I just can. Not. Be. Bothered. I can get on board with Santa sneaking into the house to leave presents by ~MaGiC~, but I don't want DD thinking we have security issues with repeated breaches

Anyway because it now seems to have become such a thing I'm a bit worried that once she gets to childcare/nursery/school she'll ask me why the elves don't come to our house. I'm shit at thinking on my feet so I need to have a response sorted to spring out when the question comes. So if you've been asked what did you tell them?

[FrivolousPancake]

It really adds to the magic and fun in our house!

I tell DD not to talk too much about it in school though as each family have different beliefs and therefore different experiences. A lot of the children don’t believe in Santa and don’t do Christmas because of their religions so it works for us

[Jodie77]

I tell them I'm texting Santa and come on Mumsnet instead. Surely that's why your all here ?

[Jodie77]

*Also I am inept and lazy
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Wish more people could be that honest!

[SheChoseDown]

Tell her it's their parents.

[Closetbeanmuncher]

Both this and the Christmas Eve Box wankery belong the category/new era of Showboating For Social Media Parenting

Off topic but can we also add gender reveal parties to the list of wankery.

[drspouse]

And cake smash parties.

[bagsofbats]

I have told mine it is all about the agreement parents have with FC that's why different families have different arrangements. There's a lot of paperwork to be filled in earlier on in the year that covers it all. They have completely swallowed this!

[IceCreamAndCandyfloss]

Both this and the Christmas Eve Box wankery belong the category/new era of Showboating For Social Media Parenting

Along with pregnancy announcements, gender reveal, baby showers, cake smashes, present pile pictures etc.

[loutypips]

Because I'm an elf and my job is wrapping presents, so I have a direct line to Father Christmas.

[Ozgirl75]

My two are 7 and 9 and they saw them in the shops so I said it was just a thing some parents do if their kids are naughty and they can’t think of a better way to get them to behave.

We also don’t do the Easter bunny, I just say it’s not real and why would a rabbit bring eggs?

We do kind of do Santa but in a low key way and I’ve never said it’s real, but we do the mince pies and the glass of milk etc. They go along with it though as I think they don’t want to risk not getting presents.

The only one I do do is the tooth fairy but even that I don’t think they truly believe in, they’re just going along with it for the money!