Naughty or Nice: An Elvish Truth

CHRISTMAS IS A HOLIDAY THAT IS SURROUNDED BY MANY MYSTERIES, WHICH HAVE RESULTED IN ACTUALLY NOT REALLY KNOWING WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. SURE, WE ALL KNOW IT AS A CHRISTIAN HOLIDAY, BUT IT MOST CERTAIN ISN’T THE BIRTH OF THE CHRIST WE CELEBRATE, BUT MORE THE MEMORY OF THE FACT THAT IT HAPPENED AT SOME POINT IN THE YEAR. THE DATE WAS ONCE CHOSEN BECAUSE OF PAGAN  ASSOCIATIONS, WHICH EXPLAINS THE TREE DECORATING AND GIFT-GIVING ACTIVITIES. AND WHAT ABOUT SANTA? ALL TOGETHER, A LOT OF CONFUSION AND QUESTIONS. BUT ONE THING WE KNOW FOR SURE. ELVES ARE REAL.

The general idea of elves is that they are tiny, dwarf-like with pointy ears, young and immortal, who, with their magical powers, have the ability to control all you hear and see. In  the old times it was believed they would guard your home against evil, but you did have to keep them happy. If not they could turn really nasty on you. Nonsense of course. Who would believe something like that.

First of all their looks. It would be unjust to generalize the looks of elves. They come in all sorts and sizes although we do admit in terms of gender, we mostly know them to be male. And then the fact they would be the guardians of your household. Ridiculous. Elves really are, as we all know by now, the helpers of Father Christmas. It is perfectly normal when you think about it. Santa really isn’t that young anymore and even though we might be persuaded to believe he actually could hand make toys for all of us in just one year, the fact he can spread them around in only one night, all by himself, is of course to crazy for words. Hence the elves.

Now there is one thing about elves we have to agree on. No matter what they are and how they look, they do have that ability to be a bit mischievous. Apparently it are the elves who keep the list of people behaviors throughout the year and it is said that the way they treat you all depends on whether you have been naughty or nice. For most this might mean you should do everything to keep your name from that list. But we think otherwise. We know what real elves look like and believe us when we tell you, there is enough reason to be as naughty as you can. Merry Christmas. –B-

Photography by Gert Kist, Malemodel.nl.

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Comments

[Steve]

The stop-motion animation classic, "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" has been a Christmas holiday fixture on television since the mid-1960's. I think it is about time for an updated version. The cute little elves in that story could be replaced with the hot elves pictured here. Now that would be an instant holiday hit worth viewing over and over again!

[James]

Cute boys at Christmas! Wonderful stuff!

[cosimo09]

,excellent artickle!,.high quality pictures..gorgeous models,...overall,.very nice,.& Happy-Holidays..

[redbaron01]

This is a beautiful little pictorial essay.
I have happily sent links to it all over the
world to celebrate Hanukkah and Christmas.
Many thanks to everyone responsible for this
excellent piece. And Happy New Year!