An Elf's Trance specifically says they can trance for 4 hours and get the same benefit as a human does with 8 hours sleep. Since 8 hours sleep would constitute a complete long rest for a human - an Elf can get a complete long rest in 4 hours.
Both the Elves of Gallorian, and the Second Darkness book mention elves do not sleep, rather trance for 4 hours. However those were both made in 3.5 rules, and the elf race mentions no such thing.
An Elf can get the benefit of a Long Rest in only 4 hours. The 4 hours only applies to not being exhausted, 8 hours is still required get the benefits of a Long Rest.
Many fans wrongly believe that Tolkien's elves do not sleep. They do sleep; but they also have an innate ability to remain alert and active while resting their minds in a dream-like state.
To clarify the question in case there are those that don't know: an elf long rest is 8 hours long which is the same as any other PC. They only spend 4 hours of it in trance as opposed to 8 hours of sleep for other PCs. Non-elf PCs are allowed to be awake doing light tasks such as keeping watch for 2 of those 8 hours.
If your elf didn't move, they may be trying to communicate an important message to you! If your elf is accidentally touched, they may have just enough energy to get to the North Pole but not enough magic to create a whole new scene in your home.
According to elf legend, the elf moves each night. Some mornings, though, kids might find themselves asking why the elf is still in its same place. Here are a few possible reasons that Santa's helper may not have found a new position in your home. 1.
Each morning, the elf chooses a new vantage point from which to keep an eye on the kids. The night before Christmas, the elf flies off one last time to spend the year with Santa until reappearing next season. Every night, a parent hides the elf in a new place.
Elves need to wait until everyone is asleep before they can move around. If there was too much activity around the house last night, perhaps your elf only had time to get to the North Pole and back, but not enough time to find a new position. Make sure you get to bed early tonight to help them out!
Started by mother-daughter duo Carol Aebersold and Chanda Bell, the Elf on the Shelf rules are simple: The Scout Elf watches over your family during the day, and then checks in with Santa each night to reveal who is being naughty and who is being nice. After these nightly trips, they return to a new spot each day.
By age eight, kids begin to acknowledge the unlikeliness of one man travelling the world in a single night. The good news? If you started the tradition of Elf on the Shelf in your household, you can likely send the elf into early retirement around your child's eighth Christmas.
According to The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition, the night before Christmas, an elf's job comes to an end. On December 24, most Scout Elves say farewell to their families and fly back to the North Pole following Santa's sleigh. This way, they can help him begin preparing for the year ahead.
Your Christmas elf got stuck in a snowstorm
The weather can be really terrible here at the North Pole at this time of year – it's snow wonder your poor little Christmas elf has been held up! He's been battling his way through a snowstorm to get to your home and spend a few weeks with your family before Christmas.
Elves, at least the Eldar, have a pregnancy that lasts about a year. By the age of 1, Elves can speak, walk and dance. Puberty and full height are attained at around their fiftieth to one hundredth year, when they stop aging physically.
Tolkien writes, "He [Legolas] could sleep, if sleep it could be called by Men, resting his mind in the strange paths of Elvish dreams, even as he walked open-eyed in the light of this world." Elves do, therefore, get tired to some extent, but because they can recover whilst awake, outsiders might assume they never grow ...
Night elves are considered middle-aged when they hit 500, old when they hit 650, venerable at age 700, and they live to around 1,200 years of age or so.
Children are not allowed to touch them.
Elves are very fragile, and if they are touched by human children they lose their magic and ability to communicate with Santa.
Your elf ate too many treats from Mrs. Claus' Sweet Shop™. It can happen to the best elf (or human) when so many tantalizing treats are floating around during the holidays! Your Scout Elf may need an extra day or two to digest his or her holiday treats and get back into tip-top flying shape before returning.
If little ones find their Scout Elf sitting on something they need to use, like relaxing in their sink, lying on their bookbag or hanging on their clothes, then it is okay for parents to move the elf, so kids can complete their morning routine and elves can get back to their important job!
If you're not usually allowed to touch the elf without them losing their magic then you may have to sprinkle them with cinnamon, put them in the freezer or give them a night off from moving to restore their magic after you've been caught touching them.
One philosophy provides a compelling argument about the dangers of the Elf on the Shelf, namely that it is a lie, threatens the trustworthiness of parents, ultimately encourages gullibility in children rather than critical thinking and inadvertently teaches children that their behavior should be governed by potential ...
Some people don't and some people do. The reason you would cut them would be to make your elf easier to position when placing him each night. I have also seen tutorials online that help teach you how to add wire to your EOTS's arms and legs, so you can bend them in fun positions.
“Are Mom and Dad really Santa?” We know that you want to know the answer and we had to give it careful thought to know just what to say. The answer is no. We are not Santa. There is no one, single Santa.
In some cases, they could also disappear when touched, such as when a dog might get a hold of them. In such cases, where an elf may be in an urgent situation or other sticky place (such as falling off a shelf after losing their balance), parents can touch them (using tongs or kitchen gloves) to come to the elf's aid.