As we enter the festive period, millions of adults worldwide will do everything possible to make Christmastime magical for their children. From taking them to visit Santa Claus and purchasing advent calendars to elaborately decorating their houses and baking Christmas cookies, there are no limits to the extent parents will go to attempting to give their little ones the best time. That’s undoubtedly evident in a TikTok that’s gone viral on the popular video-sharing platform.
In the 157-second video, uploaded by Lil Bit (username @..lilbit), a hilariously festive scenario unfolds after a young girl’s family arranges for a police officer to knock on their door. When the charming law enforcer arrives, and the family opens the door, he asks if he can speak to Shealynn (the young girl). When the child comes to talk to him, he explains he’s detained a suspect who was found attempting to crawl through a nearby window and named Shealynn as someone she knows.
Shealynn then follows the officer outside to his patrol vehicle, where he opens one of the doors to reveal Cupcake, Shealynn’s elf (on a shelf!), as the suspect in question. Shealynn formally identifies the lifeless Cupcake (elves only come to life at certain times, remember) and is allowed to take her inside, where she’s placed inside an unlocked mailbox for safekeeping (and so she can escape to cause more mischief when she comes to life again).
It’s a lovely, heartwarming video that will have added some feal yuletide magic to Shealynn’s festive period, and praise has to go to her family, and especially to the police officer, for taking the time to arrange the wholesome scenario. Of course, the TikTok community had much to say about it.
How did TikTok react?
The top comment came from Hewey, the police officer in the video. He wrote, “It was an honor being able to reunite Cupcake with her family.” Lil Bit responded to him, writing, “Thank you so much!!!! She’s going to remember this day forever lol.”
There was a lot of praise for the police officer, and rightly so. Complimentary comments included, “This was so cute. So was the cop,” “That cop was so sweet,” ” love that the police officer played along! That was the greatest thing. Definitely a small town thing,” and “officer Hewitt is so nice for doing this :)”
Several people commented that they weren’t expecting the “suspect” in the video to be an elf, writing things like, “Why was I expecting a dog,” “Tell me why I thought it was gonna be a dog or a cat,” “I’m over here thinking it was her like cat or something,” and “I thought he found your pet lol. This was great! Merry Christmas!”
However, most people just wanted to express how much they enjoyed the video, with comments like, “Oh that’s beautiful,” “this is the coolest thing ever,” “This is adorable! It’s so nice to see how the magic of elf on the shelf is kept. Hopefully, Cupcake doesn’t cause anymore mischief,” “That literally made me smile,” and “This is so stinkin cute!”
According to a YouGov poll, 36% of parents with children aged ten or younger in the United States have an Elf on the Shelf in their home. We doubt, however, that many of them have set up scenarios as creative as Lil Bit did for Shealynn!