Overview
- Nine-year-old Oscar Wilkins of Aberdare, South Wales, was cast as “Elvis the Elf” but arrived in a rhinestone Elvis Presley suit.
- A school note asked for a “sparkly Elvis costume,” which his family interpreted as the singer rather than an elf.
- The mix-up became clear during the first performance at Penrhiwpeier Primary School when he was the only child not dressed as an elf.
- There was no Elvis Presley element in the show, so he played a standard elf in an extravagant outfit.
- Family members said the audience laughed, Oscar relished the moment, and he kept the costume after being introduced to Elvis’s music.