This is a post that I wrote last year. Our elf showed up one day late this year, which around here, is basically on time.
I’d like to preface this article by saying first world problems. I don’t know why exactly but I had hoped to avoid having an elf.
I started working Christmases at The Backpacker, my family’s business, when I was 11 years old. The Backpacker is in the increasingly rare category of
