To learn more about our editorial approach, explore The Direct Message methodology. In December 1999, a free Christmas bowling game called Elf Bowling was being downloaded 900 times per second. The ...

The elf, for example, can be found in different places throughout the day. It can also be involved in a fun activity, like baking cookies or decorating the Christmas tree. Here’s how the story goes: ...

Fans of the Christmas hit, Elf, were baffled after learning one of its iconic roles was originally meant for another actor. The 2003 comedy, which stars Will Ferrell as the endearing, endlessly ...

Twin sisters Chanda Bell and Christa Pitts grew up with a family tradition that is now a booming business. They, along with their mother Carol Aebersold, are the creators of The Elf on the Shelf, a ...

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 ...

Love it or hate it, the Elf on the Shelf has returned to count down the days to Christmas in households all over the world. Dressed in their signature red and white jumpsuits and adorable Santa hats, ...

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 ...

PHOENIX — Winter wanderers passing through the Scottsdale Promenade shopping center are now seeing a giant elf on their holiday shopping trips. The 40-foot-call “Scout Elf” is clinging to the 125-foot ...

Those Netflix specials aren’t made with (just) Christmas magic. By Tony Maglio Seth Rogen Wins Golden Globe for Best Male Actor in a TV Comedy for ‘The Studio’ — Matt Remick Gets His Moment Soon, ...

“Elf the Musical” is the theatrical equivalent of pouring maple syrup on spaghetti; kids may love it, but nostalgia aside, it’s too sickly sweet to have broad appeal for adults. Based on the 2003 film ...

As the parent of a half-Jewish, half-Christian child who was already a sharp-eyed Santa skeptic by the time he started preschool, I did not want my kid to be the jerk who ruined Christmas for his ...

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 ...