On your mistletoes! Today is your final chance to grab those last-minute holiday gifts before Santa beats you to the tree. Now, we elves have spent an entire month posing for pictures in department stores across the globe, and frankly, our cheeks are getting tired… This Elf Week Mall Duty March sure has been a doozy!
Wild reindeer couldn’t drag us back into the mall after this rigorous event, but if Christmas snuck up on you, you might still have some last minute items to pick-up. Unfortunately, it’s a bit late for online shopping delivery, so you’ve basically got no choice but to brave the mall. Whatever you do, don’t panic! Just take a quick gander at these informative Elf Help articles, and you’ll be ready to crank the sleigh back into shopping mode in no time…
• Shopping Therapy: Mall Stress-Busters
• Man-Up at the Mall: A Guy’s Holiday Game Plan
Now, here’s what we’ve been up to all day with the Mall Duty March…
Current Standings
Elf Adrian has officially yelled “Dibs!” the loudest, earning First Place in this claims-staking event of the March. Apparently, he spotted an Amazon.com gift card he’s been jonesing for all year, and simply couldn’t contain himself. In case you’re wondering, volume is measured not by calibrating boring old decibels, but by our own scale, which ranges in intensity from “Artic Mouse squeak” to “Polar Bear bellow”. (Adrian’s “Dibs!” was somewhere around “Santa Stubbing His Toe on a Snowmobile.”)
The Shelf-Reach has proven to be the day’s most challenging trial (given its participants’ short stature) but Elf Jean-Marie has managed to reach the tippy-top in an impressive display of wit! Now in Second Place, Jean-Marie constructed a makeshift trampoline in a last minute game-changer. While she insists she found the “old” elastic from Santa’s waistband in the recycling bin, we can help but notice the Boss’s ill-fitting trousers and speculate foul play…
But that’s neither here nor there. Elf Meghan is in Third Place of the March, and has been struggling on the Spot-the-Real-Santa competition since this morning. Out of a line-up of nine imposters and one “real deal”, Meghan is still guessing. But hey, mistaken identity happens to the best of us… Those fake beards sure can be misleading!
Stay tuned for more Elf Week coverage this holiday weekend… Tomorrow’s event: The Whippersnapper Round-up!