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Letter-Writing Desk

Field Manual EF-24

Your elf sets up a little desk with paper, pencils and an envelope so your child can write to the North Pole. A calm, easy idea for early December.

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

Supplies

Requisition slip
  • Paper
  • An envelope
  • Pencils or crayons
  • A sticker for a stamp (optional)

Setting the scene

  1. 1Set out paper, an envelope and pencils on a small table.
  2. 2Sit the elf in front of it holding a pencil, as if they've just started a letter.
  3. 3Address the envelope “North Pole Liaison Office” in the elf's handwriting.
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

Rise and shine, Maya and Leo!

The North Pole mailroom is open! I’m writing my report on all the kind things I’ve seen. Would you like to write a letter too? I’ll carry it back with me tonight. Drawings count as letters.

Today’s mission: have a wonderful day and tell me all about it.

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

Love from your elf,

Pip
Field Elf, First Class
Elf Field Operations

P.S. If you hear tiny jingling tonight, that’s just me practising.

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-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