The Elf on the Shelf is a spurious and coercive ‘tradition’ that should be shelved forthwith

Choking is too good for this globe-trotting, malicious informer. Down with Elf on the Shelf, says Terry Prone.

HIS is a call to action. Many of our Christmas traditions have gritted teeth attached, one of them being Coca Cola owning and relentlessly pushing the visual of a beaming retro Santa at us. Nothing to be done about it, though.

Nonetheless, one Christmas tradition of relatively recent vintage should not be accepted and allowed to bed down into the culture of the season.