I am amused and somewhat impressed by his theory. And for those reasons, I have done nothing to dispel the "Santa as Big Brother" mythology he is selling. On the other hand, Little Dog has rejected the theory completely. When his brother reminds him of the ever present watchers, Little Dog glances around the room nervously as he howls, "There are no elves!" Obviously he's a little wary of them because his own behavior at times would make him a legend of the Naughty list. His defense is to try to get me to tell him that they don't exist, and thus are no threat to his Christmas morning bounty.
After one evening of Little Dog's impassioned insistence that the elves are not in our living room, not on the curtain rods and could not sit in the lights because they would be burned, I offered an alternate idea.
"Little Dog, tonight after you go to bed, I'll call Santa and tell him how you were doing today. That sound good?"
He pondered this for a moment, then looked up at me with those giant blue eyes. "Mama, I have an idea. When you talk to Santa pretend that I was good. Ok?"
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have you seen the "elf on the shelf"? Sounds like something that might be fun for Big Dog!
We have the "Elf on the Shelf"...I wonder if Sadie has been telling everyone about it. It does seem to be working in our house and the kids totally believe that our elf goes back to Santa every night and tells hime if they were naughty or nice. The only pain is remembering to put the elf in a new spot every night...there have been a few waking up in the middle of the night moments realizing the elf hasn't been moved!
hilarious! we have the elf on the shelf and I LOVE the way i can hold it over the girls'. it's a great way to get our basement cleaned up. really... it's the ONLY way.
wait a sec....elf on the shelf scares some kids...beware. erin...wasn't fi scared of the elf on the shelf??
fiona was terrified-- but it was totally my fault. the first night he ever came to our house, she woke up to him staring at her from atop her dresser! (enter PSYCHO music...)
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