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Parents are freaking donewith Elf on the Shelf.

The innocent holiday tradition started out as a cutesy way to keep their kids' behavior in check ahead of the holidays, but has been criticized for being a capitalist marketing scheme to indoctrinate children into accepting the surveillance state.

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That, and parents are tired of coming up with creative ways to stage the impish — and unsettlingly creepy — stuffed doll. At this point, are you freezing your elf in a block of ice and artfully placing him in front of an Elsa doll for your kids, or for the Instagram clout?

Here are a few tweets proving just how exasperated parents feel about the dreaded toy.

1. It's a narc

2. Are you creative enough?

3. Sometimes you just have to give in

4. Yikes

5. It's a trap!

6. It's a curse

7. A twist on the elf

8. Sometimes it backfires

9. Just get rid of it

10. Reach out to the higher ups

11. Some moms are just done

12. Here's the tea

13. Add some backstory

14. Don't let your kid fall in with the bad kids

15. The dog took care of it

16. Oops

17. Older brothers ruin everything

18. But not more than this toy ruined parents

19. Seriously, they're pretty over it

20. We can all agree to get rid of this tradition

So this Christmas season, just give yourself a break and leave the elf on the damn shelf.