The other day, I told Lucas about how Santa Claus will sometimes send little boys and girls one of his magical elves to visit for the holidays. Immediately, his eyes lit up and he wanted to know what he needed to do to get his own elf friend to visit us. I explained that all he needed to do was write Santa a letter and ask him for one so that's exactly what we did...



We waited and waited. Every day, we checked everywhere for the elf's arrival. The morning after Thanksgiving, Lucas finally found him. Lucas ran into our room, shook us awake, and exclaimed, "Mommy, come LOOK. The elf is here!" Meet Sherman. He's the elf that Santa sent Lucas.


The elf magically appeared in Lucas' room complete with his suitcase, clothes, magical snowflakes, passport, and even a book explaining why he was here.


Lucas sprinkled him with the included magical snowflakes to make him come alive.


According to the letter Santa sent, Sherman will stick around throughout the holidays until Christmas Eve when Santa will pick up all of his elves to help out with delivering the toys. Until then, all of the elves share their love, kindness, and the true meaning of Christmas with the families they are visiting. At night, they like to have crackers and water--the crackers remind them of the crunch of the snow back home at the North Pole and the water reminds them of melted snowflakes. The elves are known to be quite mischievous too and go on nightly adventures called, Elfcapades. They do all sorts of fun stuff while we sleep. For instance, Sherman managed to put himself inside the cereal box and gave Lucas quite the surprise one morning.


He's been spotted hanging from the chandelier. Inside the refrigerator. In the bathtub. Sitting in Lucas' carseat. Who knows where we'll find him next LOL. Lucas has really bonded with Sherman.


He plays monster trucks with him and brings him everywhere with him. Sherman has already become a part of the family and we will miss him when he leaves on Christmas Eve. Of course, we'll just write Santa again next year and ask that he please send us Sherman to visit again. Maybe Santa will even send Sherman to visit for special occasions like Lucas' birthday or other holidays!

If you and your family would like to participate in the Elf Magic tradition, make sure to visit Elf-Magic.com. You can find travel ticket information and also read about all of the fun Elfcapades submitted by families hosting an elf themselves.