I’ve Come to Stay in Your House

If you’re one of those families who has an elf coming to stay in your house during the run up to Christmas, this is a really useful little letter. It can be used if you’re following the Elf on the Shelf trend, or just if you’re making up your own bit of Christmas magic.

For anyone who hasn’t heard about the visiting elf idea, it involves a Christmas elf, usually either an ornament or a soft toy, appearing in your house as Christmas gets near, in order to report back to Santa that the children are being good. Parents explain that the elf magically comes to life and flies back to Santa with regular news, but never when anyone is looking, of course!

You can print a list of Christmas Elf Rules here, which go well with this letter.