Christmas in July: Not the kind on the shelf

There are so many brands of elves that it's hard to keep up!
 

Didn't he perform at Bilbo's party?

I was watching a training video the other day. There was a typo in the closed captioning — the autogenerated captions apparently didn't understand "Elvis" so they replaced it with "elvish." I dutifully listened to the rest of the video, but my focus was on the sketches in my notepad.

A quick internet search showed that the gag has been done before (mostly as a meme) but only half-heartedly: putting pointy ears on Elvis; Legolas singing Love Me Tender; or throwing in some Tolkien-ish words into some of Elvis' songs.

My thought that the gag should be like Elvis: a little over the top! Singing his songs in Elvish, wearing rhinestone-studded Woodland elf clothes! And definitely not the fat Elvis! I tried rendering the lyrics he's singing into an Elvish script, but part of the fun of the joke is almost recognizing the lyrics.*

When I report back on the training, I'm going to have to say that I may not have gotten much out of it, but I thoroughly enjoyed it!
 

*If you're interested, we could get into a side discussion on the theory of humor. Any takers?

Light the World: Christmas Stories

 

We had a discussion at the office the other day about what constitutes a Christmas movie. Is it about Christmas? Does it take place at Christmastime? Was it released at Christmas? 

It was also pointed out that Die Hard and Home Alone are essentially the same movie — the protagonists are just different ages.

Light the World: Lunchtime!

Today's Light the World suggestion is to have lunch with someone new at school or work.

Sometimes it seems that we get caught up in the routine of day to day living that we don't notice those people on the edges. Sometimes all it takes is a little nudge or a word of welcome to help them feel included.

As my bishop says, you have the agency to make the invitation. Whether it is accepted is out of your control; that's the other person's agency. Do your part: reach out to someone on the fringe.

On the short side

I post this with some trepidation. I've noticed that several of my cartoons this year have become obsolete because of changes in church operations. As I was working on this, the notice came out about the changes in Primary and Young Men/Young Women. Not that there's an official height requirement for missionaries — but you never know!

Elf on the shelf?

Somebody's watching me

I think we had an Elf on the Shelf when I was a kid, but he just sat there. He didn't do any of the crazy things that the elves do now.

Meanwhile, back in the workshop...

New position

My mom used to have an Elf on the Shelf many years ago. Interesting to see they're back again.

It's better than Michael's!

A lot of Pinteresters would love to have an army of elves to do all their projects!

Elf analysis

So many mixed messages!

Darn those stockings!

Actually, my guess would be that they've had this request many times over.