re: What is this elf on a shelf nonsense floating around my FB?

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Give me a decent penguin on the shelf suggestion

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Sealbait the Penguin

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that all his classmates are

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Might wanna reconsider that assumption. I don't think there's enough testosterone in that relationship to produce a make heir.

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But penguins are so cute

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If you take the place where Santa Claus lives and then find the place on Earth farthest away from that point... that's where penguins live.

Why not just do a Christmas lion or a Christmas sloth. They have about as much in common with the north pole as a damn penguin.

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That's horseshite. Christmas is about both of you and the memories you build. If you get that from some dumb frick elf doll, spectacular

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If your kid asks for an Elf on the Shelf, you buy it, you scrooge frick.

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when all of the kids at school and neighborhood are talking about their elves, you will be the one running out finding one. You will be amazed of how many words you eat to do for your kids and do all you can for them to make them happy. And I am guilty of this myself. But eating those words and doing those things will be the best things in your life.

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So youre merely talking about not wanting to ostracize your child from his social group, more or less keeping him in the cool kids group. I dont have kids, but I can see how parents would want to do everything within their power to make sure that they dont actually set their kid back socially in any sort of way because we were all kids once and we all know how hard it can be to make bonds and friendships when growing up. I would like to believe that I wont be the type to give in because "it's what all the cool kids are doing" crap because I cant tell you how much I loathe that type of stuff (shitty pop music, shitty movies, shitty clothing choices, shitty pop music & shitty pop music) and how much the industry capitalizes on it (much like the "wedding industry" and the "engagement ring" industry). Giving in is something that I wont know until I experience it, but Im sure having a kid makes your heart melt and makes you more vulnerable to not sticking to your morals for the sake of just making them happy. I think the Elf thing is stupid and creepy as frick, but I can understand how awesome the game has got to be with your kid when they wake up and look on in bewilderment trying to figure out how he went from the mantle last night to the ceiling fan this morning. That's got to be pretty damn funny. You have to draw the line somewhere though, and putting it on facebook is pretty ridiculous no matter the intentions.

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I guess he'll have his kids running around telling other kids that Santa isn't real.

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I was that kid.

What about Harry the Elephantitis Balled Elf?

Maybe a Sir Edmund Hillary on the Sill or Eave

At least he went to the North Pole.


Better than Fransisco Eduardo Javier Ramirez the Decidedly Antarctic Penguin.

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The Elf on the Shelf is incredibly popular with kids, and parents like to get creative with it as well.

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The whole point of Christmas is to get kids use to disappointment.

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Just because it is wildly popular doesn't mean you have to hate it to be cool on the OT.

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Pffft.