I have a very important job. Millions of people depend on us. The job is 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We gather information, take detailed notes, and use that information to produce a report for our boss each evening. We travel from our workplace to our office. It’s a long journey that can be treacherous at times. Upon arrival, we wait in a long line so each of us can take turns presenting our report to the boss. Waiting in line can be kind of fun, we drink hot cocoa and play games with our co-workers. It’s nice to catch up with everyone, have a few laughs and discuss some creative ideas as to what to do at our workplace the next day. In the wee hours of the morning, we make our way back to our workplace. This is the fun part of our job! We get to create a moment in time for our clients that will inspire awe and wonder.
I am a scout elf. My name is Blueberry. I was assigned this position by Santa himself. The first time he sent me to my client’s (us in the biz call them believers) home he was 3 years old. A few years later he allowed my sister, Strawberry, to join me as my believer also had a baby sister. Every day we are tasked with observing our believers and their behaviour. Santa likes very detailed information to help him finalize his naughty and nice list. The best part of our job is playing with our believer’s things when we get back in the morning. There’s always something new to do. Our believers really like it if we get into mischief. Over the years we have done some pretty crazy things. The big humans don’t always appreciate our anticks. I remember this one time, we wanted to make our clients breakfast. We always keep the 4 elf food groups in mind, they are candy, cand canes, candy corn and syrup. So, we made our specialty – breakfast spaghetti!
I don’t know why the big humans were upset. The believers loved it!
The difficult part of our job is watching our believers. We are rooting for them. We want them to make it on the nice list! The excitement and business of the Christmas season can make any human nutty as a Christmas fruit cake! We take this into consideration when we write our reports. And Santa is a very fair man. We don’t like to put anyone on the naught list but when it does happen, we do everything we can to help our believers make it back to the nice list by Christmas morning. There have been a few times it has come down to the wire. Luckily enough I’ve never had to put anyone on the naughty list.
One thing we must be on the look out for is spies. There are some believers who want to see us work our magic. There is a strict rule that no human can see an elf’s magic. It could ruin everything! We do our utmost to make sure this doesn’t happen. Word on the street is that there have been some hidden cameras installed in some of the believer’s homes. I haven’t seen any myself but there was a video going around where one of the new elves were seen flying home.
On December 24th, the last day with our believers, we bring a present. Usually, it’s something they can use or do that day. A Christmas book to read before bed, or one of our new Christmas movies. Elf Productions make the best movies! And we always bring fresh new Christmas pajamas. As the day wears on we start to get sad. This is the last day we will be with our believers until next year. On Christmas Eve before our believers go to bed they lay out milk and cookies for Santa. Then they come say their goodbyes to us. If I could move they would see a few tears fall as they make their way to their beds. Our most important job is our last task. Before Santa can go down the chimney, it is our job to make sure the coast is clear. There can not be any movement in the house, no one getting up for a glass of water or using the bathroom. This can be tricky because you never know when something like that may happen. Once we are sure everyone is sound asleep, we contact Santa with our two-way, satellite radios. We use a special frequency the humans can’t tap into. It’s hidden in the northern lights.
Oops, I wasn’t supposed to tell anyone about that! Can you please keep this a secret. Oh, fiddle sticks, Santa would be so upset with me if he found out! Anyway, after Santa makes his way down the chimney. He lays out all the presents under the tree and we hop into his sack to catch a ride back home. We are quite tired after flying back and forth to the north pole each night. It is a nice treat to layback and enjoy the ride! Did you know that Santa has a hidden room in his sleigh, just for the scout elves? He sure does! But I’m not going to tell you anymore about it. You can’t trick me again into telling you, our secrets! The ride home with Santa is usually quiet. We are all sad because we are leaving our believers. We have so much fun with them and get such joy watching them enjoy the magic of the Christmas season. We console each other and make a promise to return again next year.
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