Christmas Joy...Our Classroom Elf

Something very strange happened in our classroom today.  Mrs. Borden came in during writing and told us that a movie had been delivered to her box and all of the 2nd grades were instructed to watch it.  We were all quite perplexed, but put it into the computer and watched away.  It was The Elf on the Shelf Movie! 

After the movie the other classes left and we began to go on with our day.  All of the sudden the speaker in our classroom came on "Mrs. Heath's Class?"  squawked Mrs. Kunkle's voice over the speaker.  "I just had a package delivered for you guys -- from the North Pole."  Boy did our classroom explode at that news!  We sent our daily captain, Dannika, down to the office to collect our package.  And guess what?  It was from Santa and it was ice cold!! 

The kids just knew it would be their very own Elf and it was!  He came with a letter explaining that he was there to watch over our classroom and report back each night.  Just like The Elf on the Shelf that some of you have at home, our elf had to be named and he can't be touched by human hands or he'll lose his magic.  After much deliberation, we decided on the name of Christmas Joy.  I can't wait to see what happens with our Classroom Elf over the next few weeks.  Welcome to Hickory Hill Christmas Joy!