My kids are teenagers now, but they believed in Elf on the Shelf for more than a decade. When I was deep in my elf years, I complained about the work, and now I miss it. These days, my elves are ...

The 2005 children’s book, written by Carol Aebersold and her daughter Chanda Bell, turned an old family Christmas tradition ...

Christmas is less than one month away and silly, sneaky little elves are starting to appear in children's home. A holiday tradition for many families around the world, it is indeed Elf on the Shelf ...

Twenty years ago, teacher Chanda Bell and her family bet on their unique tradition and turned the story into a massive ...

The magical Elf on the Shelf watches over kids and lets them know Christmas is coming — which means parents make a mad dash each night to rearrange their special friend before dawn. Not an easy task!

For as long as twin sisters and co-creators of popular children's book "The Elf on the Shelf" Christa Pitts and Chanda A. Bell can remember, Santa's little helper, an elf, has been a part of their ...

As the parent of a half-Jewish, half-Christian child who was already a sharp-eyed Santa skeptic by the time he started preschool, I did not want my kid to be the jerk who ruined Christmas for his ...

Every family has its own way of making the holidays feel special—maybe it's a marathon of Christmas movies or a plate of homemade cookies left out for Santa. For the Drummonds, the season isn't ...

With Christmas right around the corner, it's time to start thinking about important seasonal topics, such as presents, trees, stockings and, of course, Elf on the Shelf! This holiday activity brings ...

Northumberland primary school has gone viral with increasingly elaborate Elf on the Shelf pranks including bricked-up entrances, sheep blockades and lifeboat theft since 2019 ...

Editor’s note: This story may contain spoilers for prying little eyes! The magical Elf on the Shelf watches over kids and lets them know Christmas is coming — which means parents make a mad dash each ...