“BinGs Totally Tropical Vacation”

Hi! It’s me, BinG, your favorite Elf.. ♥♥ I am so excited for this year’s Holiday Extravaganza. Can you believe it’s almost been a year! What have you all been doing?
Did you go on any vacations?

For me, BinG, I did… after wrapping presents and spilling glitter again and again, (seems to be something I do) I decided to take my first vacation to the BEACH!

I packed my suitcase — with all my elf jingle jangle… and took off on an airplane!! Oh Boy!! That was fun!!

I flew South! Well because, my bird friends always do in the winter.. and I really wanted to see why they loved the beach so much.. except, when I got there, the heat hit me, “Whoa!” IT WAS HOT!! I felt like a melted marshmallow.

My first thought was “Where’s all the snow?!”

I learned, to my surprise, there was NO SNOW at the beach.
BinG, ME.. I was confused, why would there not be snow? I didn’t understand.. but..
I tried to blend in — which is hard when you’re wearing striped stockings, pointy shoes, and a hat with jungle bells.
It was not beach attire... Kids stared. Seagulls followed me. Someone even asked if I was part of a new Christmas movie? I felt so silly, because…

I’m an ELF!! From the NORTH POLE!

I needed to relax and pull my elf together. So, I laid out my towel (covered in reindeer), slathered on sunscreen, accidentally squirted half the bottle into my shoes. Oh MY! I was very slippery, so, I went swimming. To rinse off.  In the OCEAN! And realized it was salt?

SALT!!! My jingle bells are now rusted, and my floatie — shaped like Santa’s sleigh — got stuck on a HUGE wave and somehow surfed me, BinG, right back to shore.. Suddenly, I was covered in sand.. UUGH!

But everything got better when I saw a sign for “Ice Cream!” I ran as fast as my little elf feet would go and I ordered an ice cream cone… chocolate chip mint! My favorite!! except it melted before I made it back to my reindeer towel.

“This never happens at the North Pole!”

By the end of the trip, me, BinG, the North Pole, COLD weathered elf.. reminded my-elf, Oh how I loved WINTER! I had sunburned knees, sandy socks, and a new nickname: “The Christmas Coconut.”

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