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Beloved Christmas tradition, Elf on the Shelf, turns 20
Hawaii News Now ^
| Dec. 24, 2025
| Ivan Rodriguez
Posted on 12/24/2025 1:19:38 PM PST by nickcarraway
Even though Santa Claus can see you when you’re sleeping and knows when you’re awake, he still needs help from his elves.
Elf on the Shelf was created 20 years ago, and since then, more than 31 million scout elves, elf pets, and elf mates have been sold, according to the Lumistella Company.
Needless to say, it’s become a Christmas tradition for many children and parents.
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TOPICS: Hobbies; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: elfontheshelf
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Beloved?
To: nickcarraway
Yeah, I always found him creepy.
But I just hung a pickle on the Christmas tree so what do I know.
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posted on
12/24/2025 1:23:29 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(It's like somebody just put the Constitution up on a wall …. and shot the First Amendment -Mike Rowe)
To: nickcarraway
Even though Santa Claus can see you when you’re sleeping and knows when you’re awake, he still needs help from his elves. Get the kids used to constant surveillance from the Claus Intelligence Agency.
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posted on
12/24/2025 1:25:21 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(I pray that the sleeping giant has finally awakened and been filled with a terrible resolve.)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Pickle?
<P<I don’t like these elves on shelves.
To: nickcarraway
You hang a pickle on the tree before letting the small fry in to see the tree. We use a glass pickle not a real one. The first kid to spot the pickle without touching the tree gets the "pickle gift".
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posted on
12/24/2025 1:34:24 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(It's like somebody just put the Constitution up on a wall …. and shot the First Amendment -Mike Rowe)
To: nickcarraway
I never got it either.
Pork on a Fork, THAT’S my Beloved Christmas Tradition.
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posted on
12/24/2025 1:50:01 PM PST
by
John Milner
(Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
To: nickcarraway
Been around 20 years and I have no idea what it is. Blissful ignorance!
To: ProtectOurFreedom
The elf is watching the kids for behavior for Santa. You have to move the elf every night. If you don’t move it, the children will rent their garments in grief, Christmas is ruined and the kids will need therapy.
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posted on
12/24/2025 2:02:56 PM PST
by
AppyPappy
(They don't call you a Nazi because they think you are one. They do it to justify violence. )
To: ProtectOurFreedom
I’d heard of the name but not anything about it, so I just did a quick search to read up.
Santa’s list has been around for generations, but I don’t recall anyone getting worked up about his all-seeing eye.
Seems to me like the surveillance state ruined the concept behind this elf, not that the elf was up to no good, trying to normalize the surveillance state.
In any case, it could always be worse.
At least it’s not a tranny elf from Satan’s Wokeshop, but the day’s young yet.
Merry Christmas! 🎄 🧑🎄 🎄
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posted on
12/24/2025 2:15:55 PM PST
by
Ezekiel
(🆘️ "Come fly with US". 🔴 Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
To: AppyPappy
LOLOL! Thanks for the chuckle.
To: nickcarraway
When we were kids, we didn’t have an elf on the shelf to keep us in line, but my mom had a belt on the shelf that was much more effective.
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posted on
12/24/2025 2:22:47 PM PST
by
fidelis
(👈 Under no obligation to respond to rude, ignorant, abusive, bellicose, and obnoxious posts.)
To: fidelis
To: nickcarraway
*** Beloved? ***
I always thought he was creepy AF.
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posted on
12/24/2025 2:53:31 PM PST
by
sockmonkey
(Conservative. Not a Neocon. )
To: Ezekiel
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posted on
12/24/2025 2:58:38 PM PST
by
cowboyusa
( YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA AND HE WILLL HAVE NOTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
To: nickcarraway
Twenty years makes it a tradition.
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posted on
12/24/2025 3:11:38 PM PST
by
Romulus
( )
To: cowboyusa
You know it!
It was worth reading the Wikipedia article for that info alone.
The elf on a shelf can spy as he might, but the Mensch on a Bench is going to steal the show.
🤣
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posted on
12/24/2025 3:13:58 PM PST
by
Ezekiel
(🆘️ "Come fly with US". 🔴 Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
To: nickcarraway
They spelled “despised” wrong.
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posted on
12/24/2025 3:29:18 PM PST
by
Gil4
(And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, ax and saw)
To: nickcarraway
Why is this a story?
Did it fall off the shelf and die or something?
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posted on
12/24/2025 3:39:30 PM PST
by
x
To: x
To: nickcarraway
My goodness but there are a lot of Grinches on this thread.
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posted on
12/24/2025 4:42:57 PM PST
by
Ge0ffrey
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