As mentioned, in the middle of the grotto there is a ginormous Christmas tree. How it, or any of the grotto, got there I don't know - I can only assume it was the work of the 'real' elves, but there it is and every day it gets a few additions.
Something I did not know before I became an elf, is that babies and toddlers like to give Santa their dummies (dodos/pacifiers - is that what you really call them in America? Sounds sinister). These dummies are then placed on the tree, and Santa promises he will use them for the baby reindeer. Weird, I know. What's weirder is having tens, maybe even a hundred, babies' dummies hanging from the giant tree you work under. It's probably not the most hygienic thing either.
Alongside these we place the many letters Santa receives, which we then read and make fun off when there's no customers. There are several unflattering drawings, a few Christmas cards, but mainly they are just lists of misspelt toys written in adult's handwriting. My favourite requests so far have been for a Michael Jackson Jigsaw, and a two year old who asked for a laptop.
The tree has also accumulated several other items such as a deflated balloon, a small monster truck and several 'magic keys' given by kids who don't have chimneys to help Santa get in on Christmas Eve.
Our stunted elven height means we're sadly running out of places on the tree we can reach to put things. Pretty soon we'll start throwing out the letters of children we don't like.
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