Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. I never wanted an Elf ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Any parent who’s gotten in on the Elf on the Shelf craze has been there: What started out as a fun tradition—starting out in late ...

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 ...