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Hot Cocoa Welcome Station

Field Manual EF-24

Your elf arrives with a tiny cocoa bar: mugs, cocoa mix and mini marshmallows set out for breakfast. A warm, easy first morning in ten minutes.

Set-up time
10 minutes
Morning-after tidy
No mess

Supplies

Requisition slip
  • Mugs
  • Hot cocoa mix
  • Mini marshmallows
  • A spoon
  • A small “Cocoa Bar” sign

Setting the scene

  1. 1Set the mugs in a row on the kitchen counter or table.
  2. 2Add a spoonful of cocoa mix to each mug and a small bowl of mini marshmallows.
  3. 3Sit the elf beside the mugs holding a spoon, as if halfway through preparing.
  4. 4Prop up the sign and the arrival note.
Tonight's note · Form EF-3
The Bureau of Whimsy
Elf Field Operations
Watching Kindly. Reporting Daily.
Field Elf DispatchWorkshop Annex 7, North Pole
Case No.EF-2026-43745
FormEF-3
IssuedDecember 14, 2026
Re: Nightly Field Dispatch

Good morning, Maya and Leo!

I’m back! I flew all night and the first thing I wanted was cocoa with you. I’ve set out the mugs. Marshmallows are strictly for sharing. I counted them, then I ate one, so I’ve counted them again.

Today’s mission: practise your best giggle. I’ll be listening.

★ BUREAU OF WHIMSY ★ OFFICIAL SEAL ★ BUREAU OF WHIMSY ★ OFFICIAL SEAL

Love from your elf,

Field Elf Pip
Field Elf, First Class
Elf Field Operations

P.S. I’m very good at hide-and-seek. You’re better. Don’t tell anyone I said that.

Filed in accordance with the Whimsy Act. Please keep in a safe and magical place.

Form EF-3 · Rev. 2026 · Page 1 of 1

Scan to verify authenticity
DISPATCHEDDEC 14 2026 · EF DESK
The note your elf leaves, printed on Elf Field Operations letterhead. Filed here for Maya; yours carries your child’s name.Print this notePlan all 24 nights

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Paperwork that pairs with this scene

Elf Field Operations
  • Form EF-3Free

    Elf Nightly Note

    A short note from the elf for tonight: a kindness mission, a joke, a countdown or an explanation for this morning's mess.

    Letter
  • Form EF-1Free

    Elf Arrival Letter

    Your elf's first-morning letter: introductions, the nightly-report routine and a few house rules, all very official.

    Letter
  • Form EF-2Free

    Elf Incident Report

    When the elf gets up to something: an official report with offense, evidence, witness statement and a (very lenient) ruling.

    Official form

Scene set. Note printed. Bedtime.

Print the note with your child's name in about thirty seconds. Classic wording is always free.

Print this noteFile an incident report