(Turning it on every day is my son’s job.) We’ve hung lights and decorations outside and made ornaments out of glitter and fake snow. We have already put up the tree together and decorated it. Point being, I didn’t need some creepy doll roaming the house and spying on me to make Christmas magical-and neither does my son.īy the time those reindeer hit our roof, we will have had breakfast with Santa, had Santa pull up to a friend’s backyard in a flat-bottomed boat (a perk of living in New Orleans), watched The Polar Express and A Charlie Brown Christmas more times than I could count, exchanged gifts with friends, read The Night Before Christmas, and sipped the aforementioned tea. Having an elf around the house, back then, would probably have stressed my type-A self so much I would have laid awake all night worrying and spending my days going over my actions and whether or not I would get reported to the big jolly guy to the north. The fact that my grandmother allowed this to happen near her white carpet and my uncle was willing to get his prized cowboy boots covered in ash was proof alone that Christmas is magic. One year, my family even got together to create Santa’s ashy boot prints coming down the chimney while he delivered presents. My own childhood Christmas was as magical as it gets. My son is not buying that last one, but I’m still trying. We have wandered the aisles of stores, picking out gifts while I explain that giving can be more fun that receiving. We will hang our stockings with care, we will write to Santa, and we will get all fancy for a breakfast tea with him a few days before Christmas. Lest I get branded as the world’s grinchiest mom, let me explain: We are all about the Christmas magic in our house. But no, this single mom refuses to have an Elf on the Shelf. My three-year-old son would love to have an elf in the house. It’s all very cute, and their kids look forward to their elf’s latest antics. Hiding in the refrigerator, posing with toothpaste smeared all over the bathroom mirror, hanging from the ceiling fan-pictures of my friends’ “ Elf on the Shelf” creativity pop up every morning on my Facebook feed. This single mom says “Hells no” to Elf on the Shelf
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