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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Elf on the Shelf is just wrong. Anyone who is teaching their child that this is a REAL thing has serious, serious problems.[/quote]

Hello Grinch.

It is real, you'll see. It will show up December 1st and move every night while we're asleep and travel back to the North Pole and report back to Santa about my child' behavior.  The effect on my Child's not fully formed Child brain is magical. To my Child it is real. Cultivating imagination in Children is very healthy.  Everyday and everything is obviously not a fairytale in our home, but there is nothing wrong with having some fun and festive traditions for young children.  Trust me, when they find out these things are not real (ages 9-10 most likely), some of the magic is gone.

For now it's real, nothing wrong with cultivating and developing a child's imagination.  They have the rest of their lives to live without such magic and the realities of life; most folks don't teach young children such realities right away. [/quote]

THIS - Honestly I think our kids are more excited about our Elf than Santa. The Elf visits every day for 24 days and they can somewhat engage with her. Santa visits one night and they don't see him. The way their faces light up when they talk about the elf is enough motivation for me to continue with the PITA nightly routine. [/quote]

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