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

Elf on the Shelf will celebrate 20 years of magic soon. Love it or not, the tradition – started by Carol Aebersold and her daughter Chanda Bell back in 2005 – became a global phenomenon shortly after ...

The brand-new song is part of the Sing & Play Nursery Rhymes album (out Nov. 21) from The Elf on the Shelf preschool YouTube ...

The collaboration includes limited-edition chocolate packs, personalized storytelling experiences and a chocolate food truck ...

That little red Elf on the Shelf can be a pain in the neck for parents during the festive season. Amid all the holiday hubbub — the shopping, the schlepping and gift-stashing — the last thing ...

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 ...

It's already November, which means it's time to start bringing back the Elf on the Shelf tradition. This post appeared first ...

Santa’s sneaky elves donned in red suits with crisp white collars have been making chocolaty messes on kitchen counters and dangling dangerously from Christmas tree branches — all while unsuspecting ...

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 ...

Zoomie is one of more than a million Elf on the Shelf elves, a tradition rooted in the 1960s and reinvigorated in 2005 by Chanda Bell and her mother, Carol Aebersold. Together, they self-published ...

Over the last 17 years, Elf on the Shelf has become a piece of Christmastime tradition and pop culture. It all started with Carol Aebersold and Chanda Bell’s 2005 children’s picture book, "The Elf on ...