Last Christmas, we began the tradition of the Elf between Thanksgiving and Christmas. This year Billy made his encore return and the children were THRILLED that he was back and visiting. Unfortunately, one day, Chloe bumped into the elf (which is against the rules because then the elf loses his magic and can’t return to Santa that night to tell him if the kids were good or bad) and Chloe was so distraught and in tears. Poor thing. So I told her to write a note to the elf explaining it was an accident and we decided to have the “elf” write a note back. Can’t wait for her to look back on this one when she’s older…

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