Since its debut in 2005, the Elf on the Shelf has been perplexing parents and kids alike. But, while kids are marveling at just how their scout elf manages to fly to the North Pole, report their ...

At first, coming up with creative Elf on the Shelf ideas is a fun challenge, but as the month of December goes on (and your holiday to-do list looms overhead), it starts to feel a little more like a ...

Christmas is just a little over a month away and you know what that means: Time for Elf on the Shelf to make an appearance. A ...

Elf on the Shelf is a wildly popular Christmas phenomenon that not even the leaders of Christmas (AKA Santa and Mariah Carey) could have seen coming. Opinions about Elfie are pretty polarizing; you ...

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Who knew a kid’s Christmas tradition could draw so much hate? Elf on the Shelf — love it, or roll your eyes at the thought — has become a full-on American tradition for millions of people at ...

Editor’s note: This story may contain spoilers for prying little eyes! In the same way the Elf on the Shelf greatly increased the Christmas creep, forcing parents to add additional stress to our ...

It should be called "Elf off the Shelf," because those elves are hardly ever just sitting on a shelf. In addition to hot cocoa, holiday movies, dazzling lights and mad dashes to the store, you also ...