Diametral Pitch

Sarah came across something this morning that demands sharing.  And ridiculing.

There is a company that sells these little elf dolls that you put around your house at Christmas time.  Here’s a picture:

Looks cute enough right? The creepy thing is that you’re supposed to put this thing in your house and then tell your kids that he is there for Santa to keep an eye on them and report back about their behavior. I’m not making this up. You’re even supposed to move him around so that they don’t know where he is.

So now, the cute little elf starts looking really creepy. I mean – seriously – look at those beady little eyes.

A few quotes from the reviews on Amazon. These are real.

“They bolted downstairs every morning to find the elf, and the oldest cried when he touched it accidentally because he thought it would lose its magic.”

“Okay, so I bought this last year assuming my kids would really enjoy it. “Frankie” started to freak them out after a couple of days. Two of my girls 6 & 9 had nightmares! Even in the spring they wanted to know if Frankie was in the attic”

“My kids love to wake up each morning to find the elf! It also cuts down on some of the behaviors that would occur when mom and dad are not looking! The only bad part is having to move it every night.”

- Yeah. Tough that you have to put all that work into moving the little KGB agent around…

“We have used the Elf on a Shelf since my son was born (he’s 10 now) and have carried on the tradition with my daughter. We misplaced our first and this was a replacement.”

- Did you misplace it? Or did he in fact misplace himself? Maybe he’s hiding somewhere and watching you!

Merry Christmas. Santa is WATCHING YOU!!!!