Whether it be a chocolate-filled Advent calendar counting down the days ’til Christmas or a magic “Elf on the Shelf” scouting out the ‘naughty’ and ‘nice,’ one thing’s for sure: Kids take their Christmas traditions pretty seriously.
So when Jenn Thelen woke up to her 7-year-old daughter, Aubrie, screaming after their dog destroyed her precious Elf on the Shelf, Sam, she knew she needed to go to drastic measures to make amends.
With some insane creativity and a dose of magic, that’s EXACTLY what this nurse manager mama did.
