Tired mom horrified to remember bizarre place she hid daughter’s Elf on the Shelf: ‘Blame elf’s disappearance on the dog’

The 2005 children’s book, written by Carol Aebersold and her daughter Chanda Bell, turned an old family Christmas tradition ...

My son is too old for Elf on the Shelf pranks, but I do it every year anyway. I think I have more fun with it than he does.

My son has always known I'm the Elf on the Shelf. I do the pranks anyway, and I have more fun with it than he does.

5-year-old starts ‘bawling’ over Elf on the Shelf surprise, leaving parents feeling ‘awestruck’ and a ‘little guilty’ (exclusive)

Their reaction reminded me that the smallest things can become the biggest memories,” Mandy Fouse tells PEOPLE ...