Burning Elf 2018 was as enjoyable as a wholly invented sub/alt Xmas social event could be. It is interesting how it has become the beloved holiday family tradition for other people. When those who are children today look back on their lives as 110 year olds in their cryogenic post nuclear holocaust life enclosures on Mars, and remember the sepia colored golden holidays of their youth, some will have the ridiculousness of a flaming 7 foot tall elf burned indelibly into their psyche.
People came, ate my sadly mediocre chili (next year Laurie cooks all three, mine were sub par this year) and of course we burnt the elf. I was tired of feeling like it looked too human, so made it look like a robot this year, which of course made it more human looking and so a little creepy. The firework were sadly also unimpressive: the extravaganza I bought was unusable because of overhanging trees. All in all a solid 7.5 on the elf scale for 2018
