Do you Elf on a Shelf?

Do you have an Elf? We received our 3 years ago from a dear family friend, Ms. Diane. What fun we have had with our Elf. We are not huge into Santa, but do play along for fun, but do not totally focus our Christmas around him. We try to teach the Nativity Story and the fact that it is Jesus'Birthday, as well. So Grayson named him Alistair, from some book we were reading at the time, when we first opened him. Every night he flies to the North Pole to report on his days findings. Then when he returns in the middle of the night he lands in a new spot to get a different view of the children's behavior for the day. There is a cute little story book that comes with the Elf and I highly recommend getting one if you don't already have one. Alistair is fun to find first thing in the morning, you never know where he might pop up. Also, in the above pictures are some of our favorite scenes from around our house. We hope you are finding joy and peace around your house this Christmas.
"And this shall be a sign unto you; You shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger." Luke 2:12