Mother is accused of ‘traumatising’ her young son with ‘evil’ Elf on the Shelf prank
The Elf on the Shelf is a well-known Christmas tradition that allows cheeky parents everywhere to indulge in a little mischief and a lot of creativity.
Based on the 2005 children’s book of the same name by American writers Carol W. Aebersold and Bell Chanda, it shows mothers and fathers rearranging naughty elves at night while their babies sleep.
When they wake up, they find that the elves are in a dangerous position, often touching objects in the house – be it climbing the walls or stealing children’s sweets.
How far they go with their shenanigans is entirely up to the parents, but can you go too far?
British mother, Beth Watson, who passes by @bethwatson1x TikTok is divided on the app after she shared a video of her latest Elf on the Shelf prank, which features her son’s dead goldfish.
Mother Beth Watson, who goes by @bethwatson1x on the app, was criticized on TikTok after she shared a video of her latest Elf on the Shelf prank, which featured her son’s dead goldfish.
She wrote: “Noticed we had a dead fish this morning, thought ‘great idea for a naughty elf.’
The camera pans to an aquarium with live goldfish swimming around, but one dead one is caught in a net on the side.
Beth sat the elf on the microwave, holding a net in his hands, as if he had gone fishing and caught a pet.
Next to him were some chips and a note with the words: “Hey Carter, caught us a fish for tea.” Would you like some chips with this?
The TikTok was viewed by more than 2.3 million people in just three days, with viewers divided over the controversial joke.
One user wrote: “Talk about traumatizing them,” while another wrote: “No, I would cry, I remember my mom flushing my fish down the toilet when they died.”
Another viewer commented: “These parents on my channel with these elves are really going all out this year.”
Others agreed: “That’s actually so mean… (definitely something I would do)” and “that’s evil, I love it.”
Beth sat the elf on the microwave, holding a net in his hands, as if he had gone fishing and caught a pet.
Someone joked: “It’s definitely going to be traumatic, but it’s fun, I’d love to see the reaction,” prompting Beth to film her son Carter discovering the scene in the morning.
However, some people were less than impressed, with one person commenting on the size of the tank: “The tank should be at least 20-30 gallons, goldfish grow so big and that’s why they die so tiny.” bowl’.
Meanwhile, some said, “It’s just traumatizing” and “Emotional damage!”
Someone joked: “It’s definitely going to be traumatic, but it’s fun, I’d love to see the reaction,” prompting Beth to film her son Carter discovering the scene in the morning.
On TikTok she says, “Go look over there,” and her child asks, “Why did they kill him?”
She read the message and the note, and he laughed and ran away from the goldfish.
The little one said, “He died,” and his mother replied, “I think so, don’t you?” What are we going to do about it? Can you believe he has fish?
However, the boy seemed to find the situation funny, with one commenter writing: “Wow what a playful little boy you have, I love that reaction.”
Another said: “Bless him, he took it so well!” It’s actually a good way to tell him he’s dead, he laughs and smiles!”
Others joked: “This is funny”, “Oh bless him, he took it like a champ” and “feel free to post this, the fish police will be in force.”
It comes just after a terrified four-year-old girl smashed her naughty elf toy to death after finding it littered with toilet paper all over the living room.
Tamara Castle, 26, from Bexley, Kent, staged a festive prank for her daughter Betsy on the morning of December 1st.
But the frightened little one flew into a rage when she saw what had happened and, in her rage, “killed” the “Elves Behaving Badly” doll.