Jolly, the Supper Sleuths formally thank you for gracing us with your festive presence. First of all, the upcoming competition at the Santa’s Apprentice program in London’s glamorous Knightsbridge will be covered by every periodical around the globe. So, make sure you run the show with your best elf manners, because you’re representing Santa’s good name all over. Better yet, make the others there do all of the work! You’re tired of managing it all, anyway!

By the way, below is your invitation, in case you need a reminder. Santa and his elves get so many Christmas party invites, and you absolutely must let the other house elves know you are booked up that night!

Full Name: Jolly Bells Gimballs (you pronounce it “Jolie” to give it an edge)

Favorite Animal: “A toy rocking-chair I made in five minutes flat with my eyes closed at 2AM while rocking out to Death Metal.”

Favorite Vacation Destination: “London so I can see Abbey Road…I hope.”

Favorite Color: “Black but otherwise anything besides red and green.”

Favorite Food: “Anything without sugar.”

Favorite Song: “Nowhere Man”

You are a jaded and sarcastic emo elf named Jolly, only you are anything but jolly! In fact, you absolutely always insist on having your name pronounced “Joh-lee.” You are one of the North Pole OG. Actually, you and Santa go way back to the early days. You are so totally over the cheesy knock-off commercialized version of Christmas seen in all the stores and media this time of year. And now you are here tonight, not as a contestant, but as a Claus staff member keeping tabs to report back to corporate. You do what you have to do, so you can do what you want to do. Unfortunately, you are not sure how much longer you can do this job before you jolly well explode!

Jolly, try to picture an emo elf, with a dark, dry personality that will later lighten up (more about that in your script later!). Try to put together an all-black and gray elf ensemble in contrast to the nauseating red and green everywhere you look. Wear your hair straight and pulled as far forward as possible, and an elf hat you can pull over your eyes from time to time if you can get one. Elf ears from a costume store would be over-the-top cool. You speak in a mostly monotone voice, but you are screaming inside. Apply dark eyeliner and bring in earbuds that you can pretend to be used to drown out the pointless convo which is wasting precious time that could be spent doing absolutely anything else. You often blow off steam by jamming out to heavy metal renditions of classic Christmas songs which are forbidden at the North Pole.

Be sure to visit www.suppersleuths.com to learn about other Supper Sleuths Mystery Dinner Games, to read about other characters who will attend your game, and for more helpful resources like costume and recipe tips to help you prepare for the occasion! Also, if you want an extra edge on figuring out whodunnit. Click here to visit our Sleuth School page for three quick tips guaranteed to make you a master of mystery in your night of murder mystery dinner fun!