For fuck's sake Ryman

[custardlover]

Thanks for putting the bloody Elf on the Shelf all over your window display with big ‘bargain!’ price tags attached to him. My DS2 (4) was thrilled and amazed to see ‘Ginger’ around so early in the year but my DS1 looked at me with big, moist, widening eyes...

Incidentally, Father Christmas transfers to a boat pulled by dolphins chez Russell

Am I being thick?!

Innocent.

And now I’ve learnt a new and horrible fact about otters. #lostinnocence #only9765weeksold

I'm sorry Scipio

I should have thought of the children.

Ahem.

This one has gone a bit off topic hasn't it - anyone fancy swerving back to festive elves?

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Peace and love.

#1845weeksoldandcounting.

Don't get anyone started on dolphins Bertrand

FWIW - I hate those bloody elves with a passion.

Back on track.

A relative of the Holiday Armadillo?

What a veritable menagerie of Celebratory Wildlife we are blessed with!

Don't forget to welcome the Kwanza Koala......

Is there a Diwali Dingo?

Or an Eid Echidna?

The Chanuka Chicken? The Hanukah Hen?

Elf on the shelf is a fucking stalking abomination. Disgusting.

I can't get past the Facebook post still. Us it written in patois?

I hope to god it's a pisstake - but you never know these days!

Anyway, the santas snitch dolls are rather creepy looking with weird plastic faces and floppy felt bodies. They look 1950s but are much more recent. The triumph of marketing and the 'making memories' 🤢 brigade.

We tried it once and to be honest, after about day 5 the elf and I were hitting the gin after lights out.

Lots of animals have grim and repulsive habits. I find it easier not to think about them

And there's no sodding elf in this household either

Ours is going to torment a colleagues little boy this year (once I haul it out from the back of the airing cupboard ). She wants it, honestly! I warned her.

after about day 5 the elf and I were hitting the gin after lights out.

Better than drinking alone Fekko

That elf can't half hold his gin!

Hollow legs I expect Fekko

@Allergictoironing it's awesome isn't it!

It's fabric: Robert Kaufman, Frosty friends.

You can get it a few places online but here it is on ebay

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Robert-Kaufman-Frosty-friends-white-sloth-fabric-by-the-FQ/162717506189?hash=item25e2b81a8d:g:6YoAAOSwN9tZcNyp

I remember Fanny Craddock used to have a penny in that fabric.

Pinny that should be, this iPad is sooo argumentative!