24 Christmas Parenting Tweets for Moms Counting Down the Days to Finally Put Away the Elf on the Shelf

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Ely Bulnes • Writer and Editor
Dec 24, 2024 6:00 PM EST

Welcome, moms of the internet! Growing up, all we had was Santa. Of course, every family took the idea of Jolly Ole Saint Nick to different levels. Some parents simply put more Christmas presents under the tree while the kids were asleep. Whether or not your parents used different wrapping for "Santa's presents" depended on their level of commitment to the bit. Other families encouraged their kids to leave out cookies to find missing or chomped on in the morning. The most dramatic parents maybe even had a neighbor or uncle dress up in a costume and stomp around on the roof to fool and entertain their peeking children. 

These holiday rituals were really only required to be observed on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, but kids these days expect a month-long performance from their parents thanks to the introduction of Elf on the Shelf. This Christmas tradition has websites and Facebook pages dedicated to providing novel ways to convince your children that their elves have come alive at night and committed mischievous acts on the days leading to Christmas. The pressure has been so great for some parents that they have been forced to throw the thing away and inform their children that he was "needed by Santa for a special mission." If you're sick of this god forsaken doll, scroll down for some Christmas parenting memes!

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    BARCASTIC SM MOMMY Sarcastic Mommy @sarcasticmommy4 Have kids so you can be done with your Christmas shopping & they can hand you their "updated" list which includes nothing you bought.
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    SARCASTE Sm MOMMY Sarcastic Mommy ❤ @sarcasticmommy4 Trying to remember where I hid all of my kids' gifts will be the real Christmas miracle.
    via @sarcasticmommy4
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    SARCASTIC SM MOMMY Sarcastic Mommy ❤ @sarcasticmommy4 We've reached the "everyone just gets a gift card" part of Christmas shopping. 000
    via @sarcasticmommy4
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    Sharna Bremner @sharnatweets Shout out to my neighbour, Lynne, who just shouted "she's your mother, Steve, you wrap her present" before slamming the front door & is now sitting on her porch with a beer.
    via @sarcasticmommy4
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    SARCASTIC MOMMY SM Sarcastic Mommy ❤ @sarcasticmommy4 My husband & I took a divide & conquer approach to finish our Christmas shopping. I came home with gifts for our kids & he came home with an 85 inch TV for himself.
    via @sarcasticmommy4
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    ARCAST Sm MOMMY Sarcastic Mommy ❤ @sarcasticmommy4 Me out Christmas shopping: "Don't buy it for yourself, don't buy it for yourself, don't buy it for yourself." Buys it for myself. ...
    via @sarcasticmommy4
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    Midge @mxmclain Stages of holiday shopping 1. Plenty of time 2. Gifts for myself 3. Oh no
    via @mxmclain
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    SARCASTIC Sm MOMMY Sarcastic Mommy @sarcasticmommy4 I just folded laundry straight out of the dryer so it looks like my family got their Christmas miracle a little early.
    via @sarcasticmommy4
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    SARCAS SM MOMMY Sarcastic Mommy @sarcasticmommy4 I thought I was having a bad morning & then remembered that some people have to wake up with that Elf on the Shelf.
    via @sarcasticmommy4
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    SARCASTIC sem Sarcastic Mommy @sarcasticmommy4 Most of your time as a parent during the month of December is spent threatening to take gifts back.
    via @sarcasticmommy4
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    Daddy Go Fish @daddygofish 000 My wife and I enjoy decorating together: I hang an ornament and then she moves it to a different place and tells me to go make drinks.
    via @daddygofish
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    SARCASTIC sem MOMMY Sarcastic Mommy @sarcasticmommy4 Have kids so you can be done with your Christmas shopping & they can hand you their "updated" list which includes nothing you bought. 800
    via @sarcasticmommy4
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    SARCASTIC Sm MOMMY Sarcastic Mommy @sarcasticmommy4 According to my kids' Christmas lists, they think this parenting gig pays pretty well.
    via @sarcasticmommy4
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    Richard Dean @dad_on_my_feet As a grown-up I've learned that all the "Christmas magic" I felt as a kid was really a mom who loved me so much. ..
    via @dad_on_my_feet
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    The Michelle Dempsey @MichelleDWrites "So, what are you doing for the holidays?" Me: Overspending, overeating, and overcommiting.
    via @MichelleDWrites
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    Mommy Needs a Life @momneedsalife3 *** I don't want to see pics of well planned out elf on the shelf ideas. I want to see you just woke up, you forgot to move the elf, and your kid is coming down the stairs ideas.
    via @momneedsalife3
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    Simon Holland ✔ @simoncholland Think you are chill and laid back? Watch your kid build and decorate a gingerbread house without intervening. ...
    via @simoncholland
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    Satirical Mommy SATIRICAL @SatiricalMommy MOMMY Whose child is this, who refuses to rest, and jumps on my bed, while I'm sleeping? It's 5 am, you went to bed at 10. My lord, do you ever stop speaking?
    via @SatiricalMommy
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    Satirical Mommy @Satirical Mommy SATIRICAL MOMMY Told my kids that Santa doesn't deliver presents to messy houses and now they are picking up their toys feverishly. You're welcome.
    via @SatiricalMommy
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    Satirical Mommy @Satirical Mommy You better not shout You better not cry SATIRICAL MOMMY You asked for this gift Then you changed your mind Santa Claus is...not a mind reader
    via @SatiricalMommy
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    SARCASTI Sm MOMMY Sarcastic Mommy @sarcasticmommy4 I love this time of year because I can leave my husband at home with the kids & say I'm going Christmas shopping when really I'm just out driving around in my car to get some peace & quiet.
    via @sarcasticmommy4
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    Simon Holland @simoncholland Are we sure the wise men who brought frankincense and myrrh weren't just trying to sign Mary up for their essential oils pyramid scheme?
    via @SatiricalMommy
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    Satirical Mommy @SatiricalMommy SATIRICAL MOMMY My toxic trait is watching holiday gift wrapping videos and believing I can recreate them.
    via @SatiricalMommy
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    SNARK LEMONS snarkandlemons If anyone is looking for a Christmas gift idea for me, I am a size king hotel suite for the weekend without my family. CO2 replies 76 likes
    via @snarkandlemons

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