Lots of families have started moving around Santa's little helper today as we are finally in December. For those not in the know, Elf on the Shelf is a relatively new Christmas tradition beloved by parents of small children.
Designed to encourage good behaviour, the elf moves around the house each day and reports back to the North Pole each night whether people have been naughty or nice.
But some parents have been accused of taking it too far while monitoring their kids through the medium of Elf on the Shelf. We've created a roundup of some of the worst ways that parents misused the watchful fellow in previous years.
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