A story for the 2024 Christmas Competition. If you enjoy the tale I would appreciate your rating / vote.
Elf On The Shelf.
It was the first of December. Ellie had bought the last of the Christmas boxes down from the attic. It was the least enjoyable part of her Christmas having to climb the ladder into the dusty attic and retrieve the boxes and then carry them back down the ladder. She breathed a heavy sigh of relief as she folded the ladder back up to the attic, closing off the manhole.
Ellie moved the boxes into the loungeroom, fired up some Christmas music and poured herself a glass of chardonnay. Although she knew her boyfriend would not be home until later that night, she had decided to get into the Christmas spirit when she dressed in the morning, slipping on a set of Christmas bra and panties under her clothes. Ellie loved the silky red material with little green Christmas trees printed on the fabric and had bought a set with white lace trim and also a set with black trim.
The ones with white trim had disappeared the previous Christmas, so she had dug out the pair with the black lace. She had slipped on some tights and a shirt in anticipation of climbing up into the dusty attic, but now as planned, stripped down to her Christmas attire.
Ellie had packed the boxes away methodically the previous year and knew which box she was going to open first. She could see her favourite Christmas ornament through the opaque side of the plastic storage box already. Rowena, her elf on the shelf.
Ellie cracked the box and lifted the little female elf up out of the box, holding her in front of her face. "Rowwyyy!!!" she said elatedly to her elf. Ellie began to dance around the room with Rowy, and even sang along to the sultry 'Santa Baby' song that was playing on the stereo.
As the song ended, Ellie kissed the plush toy on the cheek and gave it a hug. "Oh Rowy, you are just the cutest elf! Now where should I put you?"
Ellie glanced around the room and placed Rowy on the bookshelf. "There, now you can watch me get this room rocking for Christmas. Now don't you move."
Ellie got to unpacking and decorating the loungeroom, first erecting the tree and adorning it with baubles and tinsel. "Oh cool!" she exclaimed to herself when she found the bauble earrings which almost matched the pattern of her lingerie in the bauble box. She took her hoop earrings out and replaced them with the baubles as 'deck the halls' blasted out of the speakers.
Ellie looked at Rowy as she changed earrings and smiled remembering all the silly places her boyfriend John had placed the elf and all the things he blamed the elf for moving or losing. He also blamed Ellie for moving the elf and moving other objects, and she in turn would blame Rowy, knowing she herself had not moved them and that John had probably done it and was playing silly but fun games with her.
Ellie finished setting up the room with festive decoration, along with half a bottle of wine and looked around the room proud of the job she had done. She picked up Rowy and said, "All ready for another Christmas!". Ellie threw Rowy up in the air and caught her upside down. Rowys red elf skirt was up, and to Ellies last recollection Rowy just had striped green and white tights under the skirt, but today she had tiny elf size knickers on, very similar, no, exactly the same as the ones she thought she had misplaced the previous Christmas.
"Rowy, did you pinch my panties?" Ellie asked the elf on the shelf. Whether it was the wine or the ridiculousness of the thought, Ellie giggled and cast the thought aside as not paying enough attention in the past and assumed that the elf on the shelf doll must have come this way from the shop. Without further regard Ellie walked into her bedroom and placed Rowy on her dressing table and crossed her legs to ensure she looked ladylike.
John arrived home and told Ellie that she had done a great job with the decorations. After he got changed out of his work clothes they settled down on the couch for a homemade pizza. They discussed their day together and began to make plans for Christmas. John looked around the room. "So where is your little bestie elf hiding?"
Ellie replied, "Oh who knows, she could be anywhere in the house." Ellie moved her hand over Johns' belly and slid her hand down his pants. "Nope, not down here... Yet!" she said playfully with a cheeky grin. Ellie had lost count of the times over the years that Rowy had surprised her by hiding in Johns pants. They emptied their plates and left them in the kitchen and walked hand in hand to the bedroom. Ellie started to remove John's shirt seductively.
"Ah, there's the little voyeur" he exclaimed as he saw the elf sitting facing them on Ellies dressing table. "Wow, you two are matchy matchy, very cute honey"
Ellie looked at john slightly confused, then looked at Rowy. There she was, sitting with her legs uncrossed offering a view up her little elf skirt, and again Ellie remembered the panty thing. This was getting a little weird. She changed tack.
"You perve" She jested. "Looking up an innocent little elf's skirt. I might have to punish you."
"But look." replied John now on the verge of laughing. "You both have matching panties."
Ellie was forced to look again, and standing there in her panties and bra, could not deny the fact that they were almost identical to those that Rowy the elf was wearing.
Time to change tack again she thought. "John." Ellies face full of seriousness. "I don't know if you remember, I had two pairs of these sets, one with black lace and one with white. I don't know how you did it, but the other set disappeared last Christmas, and now there is a miniature version of them on Rowy. I mean what the fuck?" Ellie now had to giggle. "Did you take sewing classes or something? This is by far the weirdest and I would say the most intricate trick you've ever played on me."
John cocked his head on its side confused and unable to speak.
