00:00 Social media has been flooded with memes that all parody the new Christmas tradition of the elf on the shelf. Welcome back to What's Trending
00:07 I'm Shira Lazar and I cannot believe we're already talking about elves and Christmas
00:10 It's not even Halloween yet! People on social media have been posting these funny wordplay memes that mimic the name elf on the shelf
00:18 Which is very popular and iconic. Part of the fun is figuring out what the rhyme is supposed to be. John O'Connell tweets
00:25 You all know elf on a shelf, but now it's time for easy, right? Tied on a slide!
00:29 Chance Harbour writes move over elf on a shelf. Did you guess it? Michael Scott in a tater tot
00:35 Sam Corb says you've heard of elf on a shelf, but now get ready for Laura Dern on an urn
00:41 Hey, I don't write the memes. I just report them. You ever hear of elf on a shelf? No, man
00:45 It's all about Shrek on a deck. You've heard of elf on a shelf now get ready for peach on a beach
00:51 Heard of elf on a shelf now get ready for Bane on a plane. All right, you get the point
00:55 So, how did this meme start? For those of you who don't know the elf on the shelf is a relatively new Christmas time tradition
01:02 Based on the 2005 book of the same name
01:04 The elf on the shelf is a toy elf who sits on a shelf throughout December to act as Santa's eyes and ears
01:10 It's kind of creepy
01:11 But moving on at night the elf moves from his seat on the shelf and the kids must find him so their parents can return
01:17 The elf to his usual spot even more creepy but moving on it's a fun tradition because sometimes the elf finds himself in
01:24 Creative positions the creepiness continues
01:28 But moving on after a long day of sitting on a shelf this elf turned the bathroom sink into a marshmallow
01:33 Jacuzzi one elf hopped off the shelf at night and pigged out on the family's stash of candy
01:38 Another elf was caught feeding the Christmas tree chocolate syrup. One naughty shelf elf was even caught pooping on Christmas cookies
01:45 That's a very bad house guest this elves Airbnb raining must be
01:49 Terrible, but all in all the elf on the shelf is a fun family tradition
01:54 And that's why families want to participate in this even if they don't celebrate Christmas in 2013 a former employee of Hasbro toys
02:01 successfully crowdfunded the mensch on the bench a
02:04 Counterpart to the elf on the shelf rooted in the Jewish tradition
02:08 The mensch on the bench is a Hanukkah story about a man who sat up all night watching the lights miraculously burn for eight days
02:14 But you don't have to stop at the holiday season move over elf on the shelf
02:18 It's the ghoul on the stool something that has inspired this meme is the headlines for these
02:23 Spin-off products like this one from the Chicago Tribune about another Hanukkah themed toy move over elf on the shelf here comes
02:30 Mockabee on the mantle totally flows off the tongue
02:34 But what makes the meme so fun is making people guess what the pun is
02:37 See if you can guess what these three are think you got it tweet us at what's trending and of course we couldn't help but
02:43 Make our own move over elf on the shelf. Here's our intern Javier on a stair
02:49 Yeah, he's our intern so we don't let him use all the stairs
02:52 The tradition of Javier on the stair is that he sits on the stair until I need my next ice americano with a dash
02:59 Of almond milk for more stories like these just go to what's trending calm
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