Oh dear.
Recently the chain of popular stores has been hitting headlines over an accounting irregularities scandal. Now the UK version of Dealz, Poundland, has caused another storm in a teacup with its recent Elf On The Shelf campaign. The Elf on Shelf is known as a children's toy and you can't go anywhere without spotting one in a shop window.
The company has popped the little Elf in some compromising raunchy positions and their efforts have caused a tense reaction online. Today's latest Elf on the shelf adventure has not been well received:
How do you take your tea? One lump or two? pic.twitter.com/UMYQS3ivRd
— Poundland (@Poundland) December 21, 2017
Other sacred Elf moments include:
Riding a donkey
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Don't tell Rudolph I've found a new piece of ass pic.twitter.com/UA4Ye2jh3R
— Poundland (@Poundland) December 16, 2017
Battling a Darth Vader doll with a Dealz vibrator - a future Christmas card:
Buzz off Darth, my lightsaber is bigger than yours pic.twitter.com/ygxZgSo3MJ
— Poundland (@Poundland) December 15, 2017
Demonstrating other uses for toothbrushes:
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That’s one way to scratch that itch. That’s not Santa’s toothbrush is it?! pic.twitter.com/bzgX3LFEDA
— Poundland (@Poundland) December 13, 2017
A bathtime orgy:
Rub-a-dub-dub, three in a tub. A night of 'selfies and chill.' #ElfBehavingBad pic.twitter.com/C5FrrUMdJF
— Poundland (@Poundland) December 12, 2017
See Mam, even Elf loves drawing on steamed up car windows!:
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Oh Elf, we know it’s nippy outside but not that kind of nippy! #ElfBehavingBad pic.twitter.com/kYMNruqLda
— Poundland (@Poundland) December 11, 2017
You can't deny the creativity of this Elf:
That's one very prickly Christmas tree pic.twitter.com/5FyYrlAzss
— Poundland (@Poundland) December 18, 2017
Who needs Tinder when you can carry your own personalised Elf?:
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First come, first served pic.twitter.com/JstSqtWOTh
— Poundland (@Poundland) December 19, 2017
Strip poker has never been so festive:
Joker, joker, I really want to poker pic.twitter.com/wNIZcrBWZF
— Poundland (@Poundland) December 20, 2017
The Elf on the Shelf has become a special tradition amongst parents and children over the last number of Christmases. A number of people have found the ads 'tasteless' with some even questioning whether the company was hacked:
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has @Poundland been hacked..... their recent adverts on here have been in rather poor taste......
— mark howsham (@MarkHowsham) December 21, 2017
i get that the 'elf' is being naughty, cheeky etc...
but surely it didnt have to be overtly sexual ,
a sign of the times sadly....— mark howsham (@MarkHowsham) December 21, 2017
this is incredibly grim, Poundland. is your social campaign being run by an 11-year-old who's just found out about sex?
— Lex Croucher (@lexcanroar) December 21, 2017
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The Poundland Twitter account verified that the company had not been hacked by a sex mad Elf and had this to say about controversy:
— Poundland (@Poundland) December 21, 2017
