If you've struggled with ideas for your Elf on the Shelf, you have the Aebersold family to thank for that. What started as a family tradition in the 1970s has become a worldwide phenomenon, with ...

Santa's spy known as Elf on the Shelf is turning 20 this year. That's two decades of family memories and parental creativity and the occasional panic over where to move the elf to.

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 ...