Santa's elves

North Pole workers

Santa's elves are the small, pointed-eared helpers in Christmas folklore who work in Santa Claus's North Pole workshop making toys for children.

They appear throughout holiday decorations, films, and stories as cheerful, industrious figures in green and red outfits.

The mall hired college students to dress as Santa's elves.

Related

Christmas Eve · tiny · pointy ears · work boots · helpers · gifts · gift wrapping · hammers · wrapping · jingle bells · candy canes · hot cocoa · mischievous · industrious · green · red · stockings · naughty list

Categories
Opposites
mythical role/function

Santa's elvesKrampus

Folklore figure punishing misbehavior

the Grinch · demons · goblins · gremlins · bogeymen

labor/production orientation

Santa's elvesgremlins

Imaginary mechanical saboteurs

saboteurs · poltergeists · mischief-makers · vandals · Luddites

labor/production relationship

Santa's elvessweatshop workers

Exploited factory employees

slave labor · chain gang · indentured servants · scabs · strikebreakers

Family

Santa, elves, saint, saintly, sainthood, saintliness, saints, elfish, elvish

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G