Santa’s Grand Finale becomes a part of Our Christmas Morning Tradition!

Christmas has always been a family celebration in the Grinkmeyer home, but as our children grew older we found that their interest in Christmas morning waned and the sparkle in their eyes was gone. The day after Thanksgiving, 1992, we introduced the Christmas Web in our home with the placement of Magic Wands into their socks that had for years been hung at the fireplace mantel. Attached to each Magic Wand was a piece of yarn (a 70 yard piece of yarn). When our two teen-aged children came down Christmas morning, they found that the yarn was wound through the house – around window latches, door knobs, chairs and doors. It ended in a closet or cabinet which held their special Christmas gift from one of Santa’s elves, an elf who had been looking out for them for the past year and knew of their desire for this special Christmas gift.

Santa’s Grand Finale becomes part of our Christmas Tradition

The Christmas Web continued as each of our children got married and as they had children. Each of our grandchildren have an Elf who now puts their Magic Wand in their stocking at the mantel and hides their special Christmas gift each year where no one else can find it. Their individual Magic Wand leads them to their special Christmas gift. We now have seven Magic Wands each with 70 yards of yarn winding through our house every Christmas morning, making getting a cup of coffee an acrobatic achievement before the Christmas Morning Tradition begins.

The Christmas Web has become a highly anticipated family tradition for our children, grandchildren and us. We call it The Elf’s Grand Finale. We hope it brings as much joy to your family as it has to ours.

Meet Kerry Grinkmeyer – Creator of The Christmas Web

*The Christmas Web is not affiliated with The Elf on the Shelf, Elf Magic or any other company selling elves.