If your family celebrates Christmas, you may be gearing up for Christmas in July or already counting down the days until December 25. But while you wait for your Elf on the Shelf to return to your ...

A Marietta family 20 years ago created a brand-new tradition with Elf on the Shelf, a Christmas miracle in a day and age where nostalgia rules the airwaves and gift shops.

(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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.