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So our Shelf Elf, Sparky, has been doing his duties: listening to the kids’ requests for toys, reporting back to Santa, leaving a little treat in the Advent House each morning for the kids. Most importantly, he keeps flitting to a fro throughout the house, occasionally reappearing where the kids request he go to next. In summary, the typical Shelf Elf stuff.

But the last two days, the lass has a complaint. She’s getting tired of the Kisses that he’s been leaving for her each morning. This morning, the lass even requested that Sparky give her a different type of candy for tomorrow.

The Wife told her “You should be happy he’s leaving you anything.” I actually seem to recall one of her stories dealing with this very topic. The main character is a particularly obnoxious “Pinkalicious” and she doesn’t like the treat that the Tooth Fairy leaves for her. Frankly, the end of that story would have been better if Pinkalicious had met with some tragic accident at the Tooth Fairy’s hands. But then we wouldn’t have been reading it to the lass I suppose.

Anyway, I’m thinking Sparky may be going into teaching mode pretty soon…