{"id":18390,"date":"2014-12-12T02:00:16","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T09:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/?p=18390"},"modified":"2014-12-09T00:30:35","modified_gmt":"2014-12-09T07:30:35","slug":"do-elves-ever-come-to-my-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/do-elves-ever-come-to-my-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Do elves ever come to my house?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Ernest,<\/p>\n

Do elves really ever come to my house? And why would an elf<\/a> come to my house?<\/p>\n

McKenna
\nHalifax, Canada<\/em><\/p>\n

A lot of kids ask this question and it is a good one. <\/p>\n

Yes, elves do come to your house — more than you can ever know. <\/p>\n

Santa<\/a> will send elves to your house for a variety reasons. Some times, they are checking for stocking mail. Did you know if you write a letter and put it in your stocking an elf<\/a> will pick it up and deliver it to the North Pole<\/a>. <\/p>\n

It is a great service and you don’t have to put a stamp on it. <\/p>\n

But elves come to your house for other reasons. Sometimes they come to talk to your Mom or Dad. Parents won’t tell you this but it is true: they just love<\/a> talking to elves. <\/p>\n

Elves could come to your house to see if it is safe for Santa<\/a> to land there. They will check for changes in your house. And if you have a new pet, Santa<\/a> needs to know that. He doesn’t want to frighten any little cat or dog or other pet by showing up unexpectedly. So he will send an elf<\/a> around now and then to see if there are any changes at your house. And if you have a new pet then Santa<\/a> himself comes around to get to know him well enough so that on Christmas<\/a> Eve he doesn’t get frightened or make a lot of noise when Santa<\/a> shows up. <\/p>\n

So yes, there are lots of reasons for elves to be about your house. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear Ernest, Do elves really ever come to my house? And why would an elf come to my house? McKenna Halifax, Canada A lot of kids ask this question and it is a good one. Yes, elves do come to your house — more than you can ever know. Santa will send elves to your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","iawp_total_views":260,"footnotes":""},"categories":[90,86],"tags":[159],"class_list":["post-18390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ask-ernest","category-north-pole","tag-ask-an-elf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}