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Originally Posted by timun
I don't even know what this Elf-on-the-shelf #### is anyway; it's supposed to be an all-seeing oracle that will rat your kid out for bad behaviour? I thought Santa Claus was already watching us masturbate, what with the knowing when we're sleeping, awake, if we've been bad or good, etc.
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If your kids are old enough for elf on a shelf, they're old enough for the Animal farm or 1984 audio tapes. Elf on a shelf is ####ing stupid and I agree that a ton of parents use it as an inexcusable excuse to #### with their kids in cruel ways.
My kids have known Santa is "fake" since they were both 2 ish. We basically taught them that Santa is a character like the ones in their TV shows that brings kids presents at Christmas time. We said the reality is that parents give them the kids the big presents, but Santa gives them small gifts if they're being good. I ain't giving a mythological man in the sky credit for my hard work and my resources. There's enough of that for religion.
We were careful to make sure my kids won't be the porcupine at a balloon party for the Santa concept though. They'll defend that Santa is a real "character" even at their current ages and have a ton of fun with the Christmas stories and stuff. Kinda like seeing someone dress up as a Disney character at Disney land sort of thing. But they won't contribute to the mythos of a fat man that intervenes in children's lives via tattle tale like "big brother", flies around the world and breaks into their houses to contribute to the disparity of haves and have not families.
On a side note though, most kids freak the #### out when taking a picture with "Santa". There's millions of crying, fearful pictures of children that adults love to laugh at. I don't think most adults realize that Santa actually isn't a character without terrifying concepts. Adding the ####ed up #### some parents do with elf on the shelf, I feel like that's just straight up wrong. I don't mind having fun with the concept of Santa, but I will burn and destroy any ####ing elf on the shelf that enters my home. That thing is straight up ####ed up.
/rant