Some parents will do anything to capture the holiday spirit for the children, but this plan may have done the opposite. Imagine, if you will, waking up for Christmas as a child. The rest of the house is still asleep, but you cannot help running down the hall, past the dining room, and geeeaggghrhhhh! There’s your dad looking all kinds of creepy on top of the refrigerator. Yes, dad is dressed as Elf on the Shelf, the nefarious entity who promotes “normalization of surveillance” and racks up DUIs on the side. This guy.
The Wynberg family started a new tradition this year, which looks to be a hit. That is, if you consider “a hit” to be something that will make children run screaming. Each day during the month of December has seen dad pose in a variety of menacing ways in his Elf on the Shelf outfit, and mom has been documenting the process on Facebook. The results are hilarious, but one wonders what possesses anyone to do this to their children. These poor kids will have stories to tell someday, but in the meantime, their dad will never look the same to them again. Here are some of the Elf’s adventures, which grow progressively more terrifying. Nightmares for years, folks.
(Via SomeECards)