"I bring tidings of fantastic news for "Elf on the Shelf" parents. (Kids: stop reading this right now. Get off the screen. Honestly. Go play outside!) Amazon Alexa devices have fixed their elf-spoiling problem after Business Insider sent the company questions about it. Previously, if kids asked "Alexa, who moves Elf on the Shelf?" the smart speaker would give an answer that revealed the non-magical truth, admitting that it was ... parents."
"Last year, Sara Filek-Satterfield had an Alexa-induced elf disaster. "My son asked Alexa how the elf moves around the house," she told me. "Alexa told him that the parents move the elf every night as it's impossible for a doll to move on its own." Filek-Satterfield was horrified. Elf on the Shelf was a tradition her family enjoyed since her older son, now 8, was a toddler."
Amazon Alexa devices previously revealed to children that parents, not magic, move the Elf on the Shelf. After Business Insider inquired, Amazon corrected the responses so Alexa will report that the elf "is a magical scout sent by Santa." Parents reported distress when Alexa spoiled the tradition, including one parent whose son was told that parents move the elf every night because a doll cannot move on its own. That parent said telling her son Alexa was on the naughty list helped restore belief for the family.
Read at Business Insider
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