My Daughter Wants To Know Why Our Elf On The Shelf Is Behaving Strangely… We Don’t Have An Elf On The Shelf

"It's not a lie! I couldn't leave Jingles outside!" My daughter's wide brown eyes are filling with tears now. Great, meltdown mode. "He was tapping and he was cold and he said he'd give me a present and now he's GONE!"