to loathe it when people say ' ooh theres this NORAD thing'

[ElizabethHoover]

yes yes, we know.
been there done that

YAWN

[LeftyLoony]

This is what I think should happen to Elf on a fucking shelf.

Sorry for the derail.

[usualsuspect333]

Merry fucking Christmas then.

[Honeydragon]

I would think that Santa is probably quite low on the US watch list

He can get in any building unnoticed and get anywhere in the world in seconds. He probably already works for the CIA from March through till August.

[northernlurker]

Bah humbug at you OP. Dd3 loved the NORAD site tonight.

[Honeydragon]

oh wise and knowledgeable Grinch op.

How to I get ds to go to sleep either out concussing/drugging/ him?

[ninetynineonehundred]

It's magic so science doesn't count. The elf said so.
The tree has also grown some chocolate baubles overnight.

And I've just told off dd for waking up because I've wound her up with everything. Bollocks

I'm coming to join you on the naughty grinch step

[ElizabethHoover]

That candy cane thing is a) deceptive and b) bad science

[ninetynineonehundred]

Yep. Our elf left candy cane seeds in the Christmas eve hamper and they have grown into these...

This house would make all the grinches sick into your own bile.

Actually I'm looking forward to the cutseyness being over because I've been Christmased out already and the baby is getting a molar

[mushypeasontoast]

We couldnt track Santa this year, we saw him fly past us though!
Dd(10) was thrilled to see him. Ds1(14) thought seeing the iss was great. Win win for us. Thanks NASA

[SquirrelledAway]

But as a fourth century Christian saint, I would think that Santa is probably quite low on the US watch list.

[SquirrelledAway]

Personally I like this website.

It's reminiscent of the old tourettes.co.uk website (if anyone remembers that one).

[MissBeehiving]

you love it, you shameless attention seeker

[aufweidersehenpet]

If you're bored with the NORAD tracker have a look at the UK Yule24 on Vimeo ( sorry can't do a link on my phone)

[ElizabethHoover]

Lol. Sowwy beehive

[MissBeehiving]

I remember my first thread on MN, ooh 5 or 6 years ago where I asked about some vital thing like a bikini or something and Elizabeth came on going "been there, done that, ask something different, boooored, yadda, yadda, yadda"

[MassaAttack]

Ooohh I missed that it had been withdrawn from sale. Mine was too old for Baby Organix in 2004. I did used top stock up on cute soup pasta when I went to France, though.

I'm relieved to have it confirmed that NORAD and NORAID are separate entities.

[cardibach]

NORAD is fun, and my DD is 18 so we've been doing it for a while! If anyone mentions it in the way the OP describes I just say 'Oh, D loved that!'.
Elf on a Shelf is make-work and bonkers. Christmas bags/hampers are also daft.
But others can do what they want, I suppose

[TheBatteriesHaveRunOut]

Elf on the shelf is eerie and creepy and stalkersome.

My idiot uncle used to do the footprints thing. I said 'but snow would melt and it's not even snowing outside and it looks like flour, not snow' but for some reason he thought my cousins had inherited his tiny brains and would be fooled. Luckily they took after my much smarter aunt.

[Sparklingbrook]

The problem with Christmas is that it's been done too many times. I have done over 40 of them now. NORAD made things interesting for a bit.

Elf on the Shelf is just bonkers. Making snowy footprints is very bonkers especially if it isn't snowing outside.

[TheBatteriesHaveRunOut]

pps i have derailed this thread

this would never have happened if we still had msn

#msnnow

[TheBatteriesHaveRunOut]

The baby pasta issue is where to buy it.

I have a baby, i need to feed it pasta but nowhere sells baby pasta. Helphelphelphelphelp.

Cutting up larger pasta Will. Not. Do.

It must be babby pasta or we're fucked. dON'T give me any shit about smaller pasta or soup pasta or any of that bollocks. It must be specifically BABY PASTA that's made for BABIES so it won't KILL THEM.

Where do I buy it WHEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRE?

ps i need a tuna pasta bake recipe

[ElizabethHoover]

oh no we dont scoff at it. Just the twenty thrillion threads about why stores suddenly didnt stock it, all around 2004 #gimmer

[PrimalLass]

I can't do Norad because Santa just passed overhead at 5.20 on the ISS and they will wonder why Norad says he is now in Russia.