The principal of an Indiana elementary school found a way to make her students wait until Christmas. Every day in December, Beth Hoeing dresses up as a Christmas elf and performs at different locations in her store to make the children laugh when they arrive. Filmed scenes, which have been shared more than 12 million times on TikTok.
“When they enter the school, some of them pat me on the hand,” said the principal of the Southwestern Elementary School in Indiana, interviewed by the US channel CNN. “Others tell me: ‘I can’t wait to see what the elf will do tomorrow’.”
a recent tradition
In the videos of the principal of an American school, we can see her disguised as a woman with her legs crossed on a table to welcome the students, attached to the wall of a corridor, or even displayed in an award-giving window. All this under the amused gaze of the children who greet her with a laugh.
The Elf on the Shelf is a quintessential American Christmas tradition. It dates from 2005 and the launch of the book. elf on the shelf by Carol Aebersold, in which pixies are placed in children’s homes to watch over them and make sure they are well before the Christmas season. To, of course, be able to report all this to Santa Claus.
Source: BFM TV
