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The school celebrated \"dress as a holiday character\" on Wednesday and the results, which Union County Schools shared on Twitter, speak for themselves.

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PHOTO: Terry Vaughn, the principal at Kensington Elementary school in North Carolina, dressed up as a real-life "Elf on a Shelf" ahead of the school's winter break.
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Vaughn even went so far as to get inside an oversized glass trophy case along the hallway as students stood looking on in amazement.

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