Emily Vernem

Because I never did that as a kid.

No, I didn't either.

It was a relatively recent phenomena and it's a commercialised.

Jessie wouldn't like it.

Obviously it's a commercialisation.

You're just trying to make me buy an elf.

Exactly, trying to make you buy an elf.

Think about the waste of the elf.

Yeah, well, actually it's good because you can recycle them for like 20 years.

You could do it with anything.

You could do it with a stuffed toy.

You could do it with anything because the whole idea is just it appears on January the 1st, moves around the house throughout the month and then disappears on Christmas Eve.

I'll do it with a brick.

A brick.

I'll play with a brick.

What's hilarious, again, this is the thing about Christmas traditions that people may deem tacky, is like my kids –

are teenagers, like, but still this year I tried to have a civilised conversation with them and I said, do we really think the elves are coming this year?

Because we have two.

Mummy's burnt out.

You have two elves?