Kids are walking away from the Parks and Recreation Elf Academy with crafts in their hands, glitter on their sleeves, and the ...

Elf on the Shelf is a popular tradition where families use a plush stuffed elf to “keep an eye” on children during the countdown to Christmas in an effort to make sure children are on their best ...

Eight-year-old Ryan Enger, right, holds up his three-year-old sister Haley, to show her where he found Michael the Shelf Elf in a Christmas stocking, Dec. 9, 2013, in Downers Grove, Ill. (Chuck Berman ...