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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have never done Elf on the Shelf.  It seemed like wayy too much pressure on parents.  My kids 6&9 do believe in Santa, but Santa only brings them stockings.

The past few years we have done big trips at Christmas and so all we could pack were stockings.

Last year we were in Copenhagen and got to experience and learn all about Danish Christmas traditions.  We learned about the Danish "Nisse", a elf/gnome folklore tradition.  There is a little "Nisse" door that emerges December 1st and you have to be nice and leave little treats (mostly just pudding on Christmas eve) otherwise it might play a trick on you....in return, it may leave a little gift.  The family we spent Christmas with surprised the kids with wrapped legos on Christmas eve! We are incorporating this tradition and have a little door we will put out and will leave out pudding Christmas eve and then later check to see if it was eaten and if anything was left....I got 2 small things of legos. I got two little advent books about it that we will read too. [/quote]  Woops- I meant to add that I like it better than Elf on the Shelf because it's based on a whole folklore tradition, not just a new marketing ploy.  You also don't have to do much with it at all except one little thing on Christmas eve, so it's cute, "magical" and low pressure. win![/quote]

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