So you’ve got some printable gift ideas (You’ve made your list but have you checked it twice?) but how do you decide who should be on the naughty or the nice list? Have you heard of the Elf on the Shelf? A growing tradition, it stems from a book published in 2005 that comes with a toy elf. The story describes how Santa’s “scout elves” hide in people’s homes to watch over events, flying back to the North Pole overnight to report the good and bad. Each morning the scout elf flies back to hide in a new spot around the house. Many families don’t just use the elf to remind their children that Father Christmas compiles his own lists too but have expanded the tradition to encompass the elf’s own mischievous antics…
