This Mom Had A Genius Idea On How To Get Out Of Moving The Family Elf, Did Not Expect It Would End So Horribly Wrong

I refuse to do the elf on the shelf thing. And to the parents who complain about doing it, it's your own fault for starting it in the first place.

Elfis has left the oven! (old Elvis joke)

I can't think of anything more proper for an Elf on a Shelf.

Discussing fiction vs. nonfiction w 5th graders (10 and 11 yrs old). Me: If I write a report about Abraham Lincoln it's... Class: nonfiction!! If I write a story about Batman it's... Class: fiction!! Student (raises hand): and if you write about Santa Claus, it's fiction! Distraught girl: you mean Santa isn't REAL?!?! Traumatized boy: stares at me with horror, confusion, fear. I spent the next 15 minutes explaining that Santa Claus is ABSOLUTELY real, he was born in Anatolia, he shared his money as a small boy, he helped 3 sisters who needed dowries. I said he spent the rest of his life helping others, especially giving gifts to poor children. I glossed over the dead and buried part. I said his MISSION is still alive today, and people get greedy and think he's all about giving lots of gifts to who wants them, but his real mission is to help poor people. Every Christmas we all help Santa when we donate to help families have gifts, and if we REALLY believe, we'll help the poor all year

I had never heard of Elf on the shelf before a few years ago...and I'm glad I hadn't! I mean (major eye roll) seriously? You have to lie about Santa, plus then convince kids that he sends out SPIES to invade your privacy? For what? Getting More stuff? I think it's awful. Thankful that my son didn't have that creepy thing in his childhood!

I just find it hard to believe that the kids(especially the elder boy)still believe there is such thing as elf. I mean it's clearly just a doll. But lly is doing right by thinking he won't tell on her. She is on the path of annoying ppl I like that. Maybe it was just me bt even as a kid I could tell there was no such thing as these

Elf with barbie head in one hand,and a bloody knife in other?Hilarious xmas hi jink.

What am I missing? I've read this twice. There's no punchline, it's not humorous... wtf is the point of this story? She put a toy in the oven and forgot and turned the oven on...AAAAAAND?

Gray? She named him Gray?

Lame and fake.

Kiddo was introduced to elf in class, he thought it was creepy so we don't do it. Win win for us.

Sorry but elf on the shelf is nonsense.

This is seriously the best Christmas story I have heard in a long time! Thank you for sharing! I laughed so hard, I cried. Thank You!

This was hilarious and also exactly why I never got involved with this weirdness!!

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Irrelevant story is irrelevant. Life lesson: do not preheat ovens. But for a very few dishes (some hard to bake pastries for example) there is no benefit and you waste time and energy.