No Elf on the Shelf

I didn’t know whatThe Elf on the Shelf® was.I was sharing a funny picture with my grown daughter that reminded me of how my toddlergrandson can make my 6 year old granddaughter scream. My daughter explained one of the rules is you can’t touch the Elf, so, to a little girl who believes, what happened in the pictureis devastating.

I have since learned thatthreat of getting a lump of coal in your stocking from Santa Claus is not enough to keep children in line,not since the creation ofThe Elf on...