Daughter begs her mom to do Elf on the Shelf. When mom finally caves, she accidentally burns the toy in the oven

After years of refusing to do Elf on the Shelf, a mom finally caved after her youngest daughter begged her to participate in the trend — but then she accidentally forgot about the toy in her oven.

My son is too old for Elf on the Shelf pranks, but I do it every year anyway. I think I have more fun with it than he does.

My son has always known I'm the Elf on the Shelf. I do the pranks anyway, and I have more fun with it than he does.
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