Elf on the Shelf is

specifically this I

threw the book away

This haiku was found in the wild by npub1halkcws4lz49fdcznckk9unhsfh8yd6n6n7cnl68alkej7qptmxqjk60zq

Read the origin of this art: https://njump.me/3915770429604e82422c3b6410ec2b87211c7ab30cb2347a3a87485127c31098

FWIW: I got one 18 years ago and didn’t like the book either ; however, made it my idol at Christmas for awhile .., meaning whatever that means beyond it’s basically Tinkerbell anyway