IF you've already been setting up scenes for your little Elf on the Shelf, you might be wondering where the idea actually came from. Here's all we know about the history of the mischievous elf. Elf on ...

(CNN Money) -- Chanda Bell got the idea 14 years ago to share a family tradition from her childhood that involved an elf sitting on a shelf. She never imagined it would erupt into a Christmas-time ...

ATLANTA (AP) — There is one hot item this holiday season that won't be resting under the Christmas tree. It will be on a shelf — watching you. In a few short years, the "Elf on the Shelf" picture book ...

Hence the book, which tells kids just what elves do DO at the North Pole and comes with an adorable cupcake hat and outfit for your elf. "We've gotten a great response, with more than 5,000 ...

It's not often that a grandmother's wish to leave a legacy to her grandchildren ends up affecting millions of people. But when Carol Aebersold and her daughter Chanda Bell published their 2005 book, ...

Move over Frosty the Snowman, The Elf on the Shelf is the household name when it comes to Christmas traditions. Inspired by a family tradition, Chanda Bell and her mother Carol Aebersold wrote a book ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Elf on a Shelf is getting a cooking show. On Wednesday, Food Network announced The Elf on the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... WATCH: The latest DPTV updates with Molly Hughes For some, the Elf on the Shelf doll, with its doe-eyed gaze and cherubic face, has become a whimsical ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Jon Favreau‘s holiday season classic Elf turns Will Ferrell’s Buddy the Elf into one of Santa’s ...