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Wrapping paper machine meets Clumsy the Elf

Wrapping paper and elves
Clumsy the Elf meets wrapping paper!

The wrapping paper workshop is very busy this time of year.  The elves are trying to wrap all of the presents I will deliver on Christmas Eve.  (You can watch me delivering those presents  Christmas Eve on my Santa Snooper.)

Today was an “extra exciting” day in the wrapping paper workshop.  We lost Clumsy the Elf for a whole day and no one could find him!

The last time anyone saw him, he was near the wrapping machine.  Then, POOF!  He was gone.

The elves looked everywhere.  They looked in the toy workshop.  They looked around the Christmas trees.  They even looked in my sleigh, but they couldn’t find Clumsy anywhere.

The elves searched for hours but they still didn’t find Clumsy.  It was getting late, and we started to get worried.  The wrapping elves turned off the wrapping machine and the lights, and they heard a sound.

It was a quiet thumping sound.  It came from the bottom of a tall stack of wrapped gifts.  The elves got closer to the sound, and they could hear a voice too. It was Clumsy — he was inside a wrapped box!

“Help!” he called.  We were happy that we found him, but we had one problem. There were hundreds of wrapped gifts, and we didn’t know which box Clumsy was in!  How would we find him?

I called everyone to help.  We started unwrapping the gifts to let Clumsy out.  We unwrapped so many gifts that the whole workshop was covered in all colors of wrapping paper.  Some of the elves jumped and played in the wrapping paper.  Some had a paper ball fight!  It was quite a mess.

Finally, I opened a small box with sparkly green paper and a red bow.  Inside, I found Clumsy!  He was so happy he was rescued at last.

Now the elves are very far behind on wrapping.  Some of you might get gifts that are not wrapped!

Clumsy said he would be much more careful in the wrapping paper room next time.  Only elves can jump into present wrapping machines because they are well trained.  Maybe Clumsy should stay away too!

Santa Claus

P.S. Do you open gifts slowly and carefully, or do you rip into them and throw the paper?  You can click here to tell me or, scroll down to see how messy other people are with their wrapping paper!


30 special messages to Santa about “Wrapping paper machine meets Clumsy the Elf”

  1. Loved the story and what you gave me last year. : D I LOVE CRISTMAS SANTA CLAUS YOU’RE THE BEST.

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  8. Hi Santa, I rip it open if it’s light but I’m careful when it’s heavy. ( P.S. thanks for the computer last year, I used it to type this 🙂

  9. I’m always in a hurry to unwrap the presents so I always tear the wrapping paper off very fast (but sometimes I’m careful)

  10. dear Santa I want elf on the shelf to come to my house ok
    my dad not have job I want box one can u get it for me

  12. That depends but I’m usually carful so that I can rap up more presents for my mom, dad, sister’s, and brother next year.

  13. Hey Santa can you please make a blog about the reindeer and what they like and stuff like that. All I want is to have a description about every single reindeer.

  17. Dear Santa,
    We found Clumsy! He is in our classroom and said he was going to report to you every day! We hope you get this message. We are so happy Clumsy came to us!
    We love you,
    Mrs. Hunn’s First Graders

  23. Hi SC. This is Lucy. I loved the story The wrapping paper elf.It was the funniest story I have ever heard!I think Clumsy the elf is the funniest elf I’ve ever heard of.Tell him that, OK Santa? P.S. I unwrap my presents by ripping them open. Thank you for bringing me gifts every year!

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