Holiday

Dad becomes real-life Elf on the Shelf

In an effort to one-up friends, Joe Wynberg is posing as the Elf on the Shelf in bemusing places. Megan Wynberg/Facebook

It started harmlessly enough.

“Wouldn’t it be funny if we did a human Elf On A Shelf?” Joe Wynberg said to Buzzfeed. "It kind of took off from there." 

I think FLE is pretty upset about last night and is seeking revenge against those responsible for duck taping him to the wall.

Posted by Megan Wynberg on Tuesday, December 8, 2015

The first image of Wynberg dressed as an elf sitting atop the family fridge was posted Nov. 30. Since then, he has hung from the roof, under the Christmas tree and, most recently, been duct-taped to a wall.

I brought in re-enforcement to get FLE the "Elf on the Shelf" under control.

Posted by Megan Wynberg on Monday, December 7, 2015
Wynberg and his wife, Megan, started share the images of 

FLE

 (pronounced “flee”) on Facebook nightly to one up their friends, who were posting photos of elves in bemusing places, 
.

So we got our tree up and decorated with the kids today. And then FLE tried to get in the tree like his other "Elf on the Shelf" buddies.

Posted by Megan Wynberg on Sunday, December 6, 2015

"I don't think we were planning to all 24 days at first, but now we're kind of forced to," Joe Wynberg said to Buzzfeed.