Santa’s Scout Elves are reporting back to the North Pole tonight, but they’ll be celebrating a major milestone before they go. Twenty years ago, the Elf on the Shelf was introduced to the world, ...

“Their reaction reminded me that the smallest things can become the biggest memories,” Mandy Fouse tells PEOPLE Tereza Shkurtaj is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working for PEOPLE since ...

If you’ve struggled with ideas for your Elf on the Shelf, you have the Aebersold family to thank for that. Fisbee, the first elf on the shelf, joined the Aebersold family with the mom, Carol, telling ...

It was a chilly Wednesday evening and I was behind schedule, struggling to find my wallet and my keys and, in the rush out the door, forgot my cell phone, so I had to turn around to get it. I was not ...

Warning: This article may contain spoilers for young eyes. Even Jolly Ol' St. Nick needs a helping hand now and again. Stream Connecticut News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. While he sees you when ...

Those Netflix specials aren’t made with (just) Christmas magic. By Tony Maglio If Christa Pitts doesn’t RSVP to your holiday party on time, cut her some slack. The co-founder of The Lumistella Company ...

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 ...

While there are plenty of parents who are probably too maxxed out to be adding Elf On The Shelf to their daily routine (hi, hello, I am sadly one of them), the annual tradition remains hugely popular ...

With December now upon us, many parents are delighting their children by enlisting the help of the Elf on a Shelf to carry out some festive mischief. However, with a whole month's worth of antics to ...

In 2005, Chanda A. Bell teamed up with her mother, Carol Aebersold, and sister, Christa Pitts, to publish their book 'The Elf on the Shelf' Meredith Wilshere is a Society and Culture writer at PEOPLE.

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 ...