The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition is a 2005 children's picture book, written by Carol Aebersold and her daughter Chanda Bell, and illustrated by Coë Steinwart. The book tells a Christmas-themed story, written in rhyme, that explains how Santa Claus knows who is naughty and nice. It describes elves visiting children from Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve, after which they return to the North Pole until the next holiday season. The Elf on the Shelf comes in a keepsake box that features a hardbound picture book and a small scout elf. The authors say the story is from a family tradition started by Carol Aebersold for her twin daughters, Chanda Bell and Christa Pitts in Georgia, USA.
Our family started this Christmas tradition back in 2017. We first get the female one and we named her Mangle. The following year, 2018 we got the male elf and we named him Frost. This year we got another female and we named her Caramel. It is an exciting and fun activity to do that everybody in the family gets seriously involved. I would ask my husband or my eldest daughter to reposition the elves before going to bed whenever i forget or become lazy to do it. Whenever somebody accidentally touches the elves, my daughter will tearfully tell me to help her sprinkle some cinnamon on them to preserve the magic. Until now, she is still enthusiastic and a a great believer of the magic of christmas brought about by these elves.
Here are some simple Elf on the Shelf ideas that we did over the years.
Enjoy the holidays and may you all have a wonderful, magical Christmas!
"A Penny saved is a penny earned"
Catching goldfish in the sink
Frost on the tambourine, Mangle on guitar, and Caramel on Ukelele in our music rooom.
Playing Tic tac toe
They must be telling Jamesya to read books more often or to increase her vocabulary or trying to tell me to lose weight or whatever, idk 
So you're cold, why are you in the fridge?
My daughter's face when she saw them drew a mustache and beard on her picture.😅
My daughter loves to play and eat some ice and leaves them on the floor to melt
Mangle with her homegirl, Barbie
She came in like a wrecking-ball 🎵
They took a selfie with her while she was sleeping
ziplining!!!
She's back in a paper plane
Yep! Tell her!!!
Feeling toasty
Giant elves on our Christmas village
Mangle, girls don't shave facial hair because they don't have them lol
Santa was taking them back with him to North Pole
Merry Christmas!!!
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