I've been doing the Elf on the Shelf pranks for my son for years, and he's always known it's me. I don't even use the trademark Elf — I have a little gnome that works just as well. I enjoy it more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The author has been doing Elf on the Shelf pranks for her son for years.Courtesy of Ashley Archambault I've been doing the Elf on ...

The first Christmas I tried the Elf on the Shelf trend, my son was already 6. It was during the pandemic, and I thought it might cheer us both up. I had a friend who was doing it with her kids, and it ...

My kids are teenagers now, but they believed in Elf on the Shelf for more than a decade. When I was deep in my elf years, I complained about the work, and now I miss it. These days, my elves are ...

An Elf on the Shelf doll appears upside down in a car at the home of Antonia Katsanos in Franklin Lakes, N.J. on Dec. 17, 2023. (Antonia Katsanos via AP) A few years ago, Kurt Neesley of Redondo Beach ...

A few years ago, Kurt Neesley of Redondo Beach, California, was brainstorming where to put his family’s Elf on the Shelf for his three kids to find the next morning. Celebs like George Clooney, Connie ...

Her mother is now torn about how to handle things, feeling like her daughter has played the ultimate Uno reverse card. “My daughter (5) keeps doing cheeky things and saying the Elf on the Shelf did it ...