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DressingGownofDoom · 2020-12-01T12:59:24+00:00

I know IABU and a curmudgeon but why does everything have to be such an exhibition at Christmas? Elves can't just appear this year they have to float from Lapland in a balloon with a present [confused] I know, I know if you don't like it don't do it. That's fine but I do feel sorry for the kids whose parents don't have £15 to spend on an elf balloon and then a present on top just because it's the first of December. I thought this year might make us all step back and maybe consider a simpler celebration of Christmas but no, the social media onslaught of who can be the most ostentatious Christmas fanatic is worse than ever. I hate it.

wizzbangfizz · 01/12/2020 21:54

I thank my lucky stars every day that youngest DD is actually scared of the idea of toys running about at night!

MissCrowley · 01/12/2020 22:01

Why are the peasants enjoying themselves!!! All they do is put elves in compromising positions, drink Stella and smoke 100 fags a day whilst watching their 100 inch TV in their teeny tiny council houses, with their squillions of kids and the local village idiot sat on a sofa in their front garden with some form of fire pit right?

Stop being judgy fucks.

Seriously though, we do elves not because I want to post shit on Facebook, because I don't. But because I love seeing my children's faces when they find them in silly situations. It takes all of 5 minutes and I have 2.

winetime89 · 01/12/2020 22:07

it's a bit of fun. We do it, the elf brings some 1st of December goodies, I want to make the most of them believing in magic whilst I can. my elf does not move every night though, he moves when I can be arsed to move him, he occasionally leaves other treats throughout December too, but we don't do an xmas eve box.
I don't post any of it on social media, some people post daily about their elves, something o again couldn't be bothered to do.

Newbie1999 · 01/12/2020 22:10

I’ve noticed the balloon thing, defo won’t be doing that! Ours turned up today with a £1 advent calendar, and no more presents will be delivered by it!

I do like the Christmas Eve box thing though, but that’s only because I was always allowed to open one present on Christmas Eve, so it’s a nice extension of the tradition. Only put things like PJs, sticker book etc inside it though.

lioncitygirl · 01/12/2020 22:11

People still do this?!

Felifox · 01/12/2020 22:18

My cousin's dd's do this with their dcs. It's a fun thing, which they send photos to each other. Great this year as they've been separated so much. The elves leave a treat, also the dcs get up on time to see what the elves have done during the night.

popshops · 01/12/2020 22:24

Anyway. As you were Christmas haters.

I've taken my contact lenses out and read that as christmas heifers 😂

LoisWilkersonslastnerve · 01/12/2020 22:32

If the Elves were sold in John Lewis and shat avocado mush with 10 per cent going to some donkey sanctuary then no doubt they would be much more popular on mumsnet

Newbie1999 · 01/12/2020 22:39

If you think the balloons are bad, I’ve just seen on someone’s FB - the elf has set up those teepee beds (the ones you see booked for birthday sleepovers etc) to mark his arrival!

Soontobe60 · 01/12/2020 22:41

I felt sad this morning. I was teaching a Year 1 class and around half the class were talking about their elves arriving in a balloon with their names on, another 1/4 had elves minus the balloons whilst the remaining 1/4 sat quietly with no elves. One little boy cried because his mum said it was all just made up. I want the bloody elves to bugger off back to the woods and stop making Christmas so damned hyped up.

LaVitaPuoEsserePiuBella · 01/12/2020 23:00

Enormously relieved that this was never "a thing" ten years or so ago.

TheKeatingFive · 01/12/2020 23:00

I want the bloody elves to bugger off back to the woods and stop making Christmas so damned hyped up.

It’s entirely up to individual families what they do or don’t do. You don’t get to set the bar on an appropriate ‘hype’ level.

I’ve never heard the ‘some kids don’t do it, so everyone shouldn’t’ argument applied to anything else, whether that’s magical concepts like Santa/the Tooth Fairy/Easter Bunny OR material goods/experiences where there’s huge disparity in children’s experiences like foreign holidays, expensive tech, shiny bikes and so on.

It’s pretty much just the elf (oh and Christmas Eve boxes, but they are closely associated).

baubling · 01/12/2020 23:13

[quote CandyLeBonBon]@haircutsRus I don't think any of the wise men brought fir trees or flat screen TVs to Bethlehem! [/quote]
I bet they didn't smuggle in any freaky toys either

We come bearing gifts: gold, frankincense, myrrh... oh and this elf thing

fmlfmlfmlfm · 01/12/2020 23:17

My favourite was a muM who said sod paying £15 so she stuck the elf in a condom and stuck a bow on top

Didkdt · 01/12/2020 23:47

@Soontobe60

I felt sad this morning. I was teaching a Year 1 class and around half the class were talking about their elves arriving in a balloon with their names on, another 1/4 had elves minus the balloons whilst the remaining 1/4 sat quietly with no elves. One little boy cried because his mum said it was all just made up. I want the bloody elves to bugger off back to the woods and stop making Christmas so damned hyped up.

If you didn’t like it why didn’t you intervene with the children talking in your class?

AlwaysLatte · 01/12/2020 23:48

I hate the elf thing with a passion . Really pisses me off that dd feels left out and keeps asking why we don’t have one .
I agree that the shop bought one is creepy looking, I've never wanted to buy one of those either. How about a polar bear plushie or similar that just moves about without judging - could put it in the freezer with an ice cream treat etc?

jessstan1 · 02/12/2020 00:38

Nice to hear of one mum who tells the truth but poor little lad crying because of all this made up nonsense. If that doesn't prove a point I don't know what does. I hope you dried his tears and told him Mummy is right. He'll be glad of that when he is older.

In your place, I would have diverted the conversation away from elves.

squeekums · 02/12/2020 00:57

I want the bloody elves to bugger off back to the woods and stop making Christmas so damned hyped up

Just cos you want it to be dull an hypeless, dont mean other families do
We enjoy the elf, its a bit of fun
Why shouldnt christmas get some hype, especially in the shitstorm 2020

Should we have not taken dd to theme parks earlier in the year just cos other kids in her class havent been and may get upset?
Should we return her switch as other kids may not have one in class?
We dont determine our daily activities based on others hate of said activities and why should we?

PodgeBod · 02/12/2020 01:08

I didnt know about the balloons until I saw the pictures being shared on Facebook last night. My E
elf just swung from a lampshade and the kids were happy with that. Our class teachers do an elf in school as well which is fun for all the kids.
I dont mind the elf but I know in about a week I'm going to start forgetting to do it every night its not my favourite thing but I wouldn't want my children feeling left out, so its worth it to me. Its nothing to do with showing off on social media.

TheKeatingFive · 02/12/2020 05:39

If that doesn't prove a point I don't know what does.

What point is that though? If all children don’t get something, none of them can? So all treats/nice things banned because not everyone has the same? That seems rather harsh.

Or do you mean this arbitrarily applies to soft toy antics and nothing else (for some reason)?

Waxonwaxoff0 · 02/12/2020 05:42

I'm sick of being told I shouldn't do things for DS that he enjoys so as not to upset other children to be honest. Do we extend that to everything in life?

FrangipaniBlue · 02/12/2020 06:17

@Patooty

I told my kids we don't have an elf because so far they're on the good list... Elves are spies for kids who are close to being on the naughty list so Santa can keep track of their behaviour without the kids knowing that's what they're there for

I've sworn them to secrecy so not to upset kids who have them, but so far they feel sorry for the kids with elves!

This was exactly what I did when DS asked when they first became popular a few years back 🤣🤣

FrangipaniBlue · 02/12/2020 06:39

@Proudboomer

If you are middle class you take Luca and Sophia to Lapland to ride in a sleight, see real reindeer and Santa’s workshop. The advent calendar will be paper doors with pretty Christmas scenes as heaven forbid any chocolate is eaten. No Christmas Eve box but then you wouldn’t have the time to do hot chocolate and watch a Christmas movie as you will be late getting back from the Christmas market and who needs more food when you are stuffed full of stollen. Santa brings them wooden educational toys and you buy a goat for them from grandma and grandpa’s Christmas money..

If you are lower class or sub lower class you Jayden and Ellie may help stick tacky lights to the front of your rented hovel. You might even have an inflatable Santa dressed as Bart Simson or projector with Christmas scenes.
On the 1st the Poundland elf arrives with a chocolate advent calendar and spends 3 weeks hiding in the fridge or sitting by the 70 inch tv screen.
Christmas morning they open shed loads of plastic tat and then nan and grandad arrive with even more.

There a simple guide so no one fails to comply with the MN guide to maintain class standards at Christmas .

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TheKeatingFive · 02/12/2020 07:02

Do we extend that to everything in life?

Of course not. Just elves. Go figure.

AccidentallyOnPurpose · 02/12/2020 07:03

@jessstan1

Nice to hear of one mum who tells the truth but poor little lad crying because of all this made up nonsense. If that doesn't prove a point I don't know what does. I hope you dried his tears and told him Mummy is right. He'll be glad of that when he is older.

In your place, I would have diverted the conversation away from elves.

You do realise Santa is made up too right? So if he features in your Christmas celebrations at all, you're part of the "made up nonsense".