Elf On The Shelf season is here, which means that households all over the world will be welcoming an elf into their homes to join them in the countdown for Christmas.
The tradition says that an elf comes into the family home to watch over children in the run up to Christmas and returns to Santa at the North Pole on Christmas Eve to report back on whether the children have been naughty or nice.
The story goes that Christmas elves remain silent spies and only come to life at night when the children are asleep, often getting into all sorts of mischief after the sun goes down.
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