When your children are young, you know you’ll be participating in the Elf on the Shelf tradition for many, many years to come. But parents of older children get to start plotting how to end Elf on the ...

When Elf on the Shelf hit homes several years ago, it wasn't immediately clear if it would be the sort of tradition families ...

Elf on the Shelf has become a popular holiday tradition over the past 19 years. Parents often go to great lengths to create elaborate and sometimes outrageous scenes, from elves getting into mischief ...

I never wanted an Elf on the Shelf. But last year, just when I thought we were exiting the believing-in-Santa years, my daughter saved up her money and asked me to drive her to Target to buy an elf.

The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear — and watching “Elf,” of course. Ever since the film was released in 2003, it's become a holiday classic, and anyone who says ...