This was a gift for my niece and nephew! A new Christmas tradition for them. The book is super cute and has already been read well over 30 times. They love the elf. I do not think he looks "creepy" at all. Super sweet and cute more like it. He has tight stitching and a detailed face. This is just a fun and creative was to countdown to Christmas. Makes each of the mornings exciting. The elf comes in many different eye colors, skin colors and even in girl. However makes it a little more difficult to pick just one, I had a brown eyed boy and blue eyed girl. We settled on the blue eyed boy, a little from each. Plus elves have just always been boys in my mind ;)