‘I really don’t like Elf on the Shelf... there’s no logic behind strange global phenomenon’

Rebekah Rainey asks if Elf on the Shelf is more nuisance than novel Elf on the Shelf is not for everyone Where did I leave him this time? I recall purposively putting him somewhere safe knowing he’d be needed again but, for the life of me, I can’t tell you where. And now, as December soon approaches, I worry I’ll have to buy another one that my six-year-old will instinctively know is NOT Buddy. Buddy is, of course, our Elf on the Shelf — the honorary addition to our family for the festive season.

He looks exactly like every other elf; the only thing that might distinguish him is that his red sweater is rather bobbly after years of caper..