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.