The Detroit Free Press wants to see your most creative, hardest-to-find and downright wacky hiding places for your Elf on the Shelf.

USA TODAY wants to see your most creative, hardest-to-find and downright wacky hiding places for your 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 ...

Editor’s note: This story may contain spoilers for prying little eyes! Thinking of a new and creative Elf on the Shelf idea every day can be an exhausting task on top of the hustle and bustle of the ...

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 ...

If there's one thing no one needs at the holidays, it's more stress, especially if you've got children at home. Yet, in hundreds of thousands of households across the country, a 10-inch red-clad Elf ...

Elf on the Shelf was created 20 years ago, and since then, more than 31 million scout elves, elf pets, and elf mates have ...

Twenty years after it was introduced to the world by Carol Aebersold and her daughter Chanda Bell, the Elf on the Shelf is now a staple of modern Christmas festivities, having become a cherished ...

A Marietta family 20 years ago created a brand-new tradition with Elf on the Shelf, a Christmas miracle in a day and age where nostalgia rules the airwaves and gift shops.

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 ...

What the elf did he do to her face? One merrily mischievous Elf on the Shelf may have taken his naughty antics too far when he cheekily drew glasses, freckles and the word “Hi” on the face of little ...