Seven-year-old has hilarious reaction to accidentally touching Elf on the Shelf (Video)

If you're a tired or stressed parent who has been trying to keep their offspring somewhat behaved despite the excitement of the past few weeks, chances are you're well aware of the Elf on the Shelf.

If you're not familiar with them, the crafty little dolls keep an eye on kids in their home, making sure they behave and moving or touching the elf to try and hide your bad behaviour is the worst sin of all. Unfortunately for one little girl in New Jersey, the worst Christmas trauma of all time occurred today… so she had to ring the police to let them know. According to Mashable, seven-year-old Isabelle LaPeruta was playing in her house when she accidentally touched the elf on the shelf. Panicking the young girl rang police – worried that by touching the elf doll that she was going to ruin the spirit of Christmas.