Every parent knows the Elf on the Shelf provides great motivation to help kids stay “nice” during the holidays and it prevents “bad behavior” because the elf is watching. Now that Elf on the Shelf has ...

Editor's note: Dates for Santa visits and Sensory Santa were incorrectly listed in a previous version of this article. Santa visits will take place on Dec. 15 and 22 ...

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 ...

Sure, it’s a time for family togetherness, but the festive period is enough to give even the most patient of parents a headache. Over-excitement about the prospect of a new Furby married with an ...

“I believe the first master found an elf when he cut down a tree—there was a little elf hiding there in the stump,” Quincy House Master Robert P. Kirshner ’70 says of the so-called House elves, ...

Things were about to get ugly at Santa's Court in North Star Mall. The little boy, about 4 or 5 years old, was loudly letting everyone within earshot — basically everyone in the mall — know he most ...

Enjoy these free elf on the shelf ideas for printable free elf on the shelf free DIY Props. This list is full of fun ideas to set up your scout elf throughout the Christmas season. The holiday season ...

People looked different here. They walked in couples, huddled over and smiling. Their faces were red and excited. Some of them acted like kids, chasing each other around the fluffy snow. You didn’t ...

Crumpet the Elf, better known as writer David Sedaris, is back for another holiday visit. Sedaris first read from his Santaland Diaries, about his experience working as an elf at Macy's, 15 years ago.