Channel Nine star Deb Knight has launched an extraordinary spray against an ever-growing and popular Christmas tradition, revealing she wants it to disappear.
The veteran reporter, 52, wrote an article for it Nine honey in which she revealed that she is not a fan of the cheeky Elf on the Shelf holiday tradition, which has become popular through internet memes.
“There’s a recent Christmas tradition that I’d like to see disappear completely: the dreaded Elf on the Shelf,” Deb began.
Elf on the Shelf is a Christmas tradition in which a small elf doll is placed in various locations around a house to observe children’s behavior and report back to Santa Claus.
It became popular in the mid-2000s after the release of the book The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition in 2005, which was co-written by Carol Aebersold and her daughter Chanda Bell.
Deb added that she hated the tradition because it added an extra and unnecessary step to the already busy task of planning Christmas.
Channel Nine star Deb Knight (pictured) has launched an extraordinary spray against an ever-growing and popular Christmas tradition, revealing she wants it to go away
‘Whoever came up with the idea must have had a lot of time on their hands, and probably no children.
‘The idea of introducing an extra layer of responsibility into the already hectic period before Christmas is total madness.
‘It’s already busy enough to end the working year, attend all the parties, finish the school year, buy all the presents, decorate the tree, plan the Christmas meal and organize the school holiday activities.
“Who has time to make a mischievous looking elf go around the house in different poses and positions every night for the entire month of December?”
Deb added that she had fought hard against the tradition’s introduction into the Knight household, telling her children Darcy, 14, and Elsa, 12, that they “might” start it in the unspecified future.
The cheerful presenter has built a reputation for speaking her mind on a variety of topics.
In October, she expressed shock at a common public transportation habit.
The veteran reporter went to the Nine Honey website to write an op-ed about a recent trip she took by bus.
The veteran reporter, 52, wrote an article for Nine Honey in which she revealed she is not a fan of the cheeky Elf on the Shelf holiday tradition, which has become popular through internet memes.
Deb said she hated the Elf on the Shelf tradition because it added an extra and unnecessary chore to the already busy task of planning Christmas
The trip started well, she claimed, because it was just after the morning rush hour so she had plenty of seats to choose from.
But the problem arose when another passenger decided to eat a particularly fragrant meal behind her.
“A strong smell started coming from a few seats in the back,” Deb said.
“It didn’t come from anyone’s body, but from the hot takeaway curry that this passenger just couldn’t wait to consume.”
But the A Current Affair weekend host also thought about the man’s fellow travelers the next day.
“It was bad enough having to smell his lunch the entire trip, but given the intensity of what he ate, it would probably be even worse to sit near him during the commute the next day.”
Deb continued her rant, wondering why people think “it’s okay to share the smell of their lunch with a hundred people?”
The TV presenter also expressed her complaint to moviegoers who bring takeaway food to the cinemas.
“Surprise yourself by sharing the smell of your popcorn or choc top, but please eat your takeaway Thai or KFC before sitting in the confined airless space of a movie theater,” she lamented.
“Those smells aren’t going anywhere anytime soon!”