As the days inch nearer to Christmas, families across the country are taking part in "Elf on the Shelf" festivities, where a small elf figurine is placed around the home every day to watch if children ...

A few years ago, Kurt Neesley of Redondo Beach, California, was brainstorming where to put his family’s Elf on the Shelf for his three kids to find the next morning. He decided to make it look like ...

Megan Schott of Nashville says dressing up 18-month-old Forest as an Elf on the Shelf usually takes an hour. The process got to be too much last year, so she didn't want to do it again this year. "But ...