The Elf on the Shelf

The Elf on the Shelf was written in 2004 by Carol Aebersold and her daughter Chanda Bell. A 30-minute animated special titled An Elf’s Story: The Elf On The Shelf aired on CBS in November 2011. A Jewish version of the toy was created in 2011 by Benjamin Goikns: Elchik: Mensch on a Bench.

About The Elf on the Shelf in brief

Summary The Elf on the ShelfThe Elf on the Shelf was written in 2004 by Carol Aebersold and her daughter Chanda Bell. 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. In 2013, the book hit the No. 1 spot on the USA Today Bestsellers List. A 30-minute animated special titled An Elf’s Story: The Elf On The Shelf aired on CBS in November 2011. In October 2013, The Elf onTheShelf: A Birthday Tradition was released. Written and illustrated by the same team that created the first book, it offers instructions for inviting a scout elf to visit for a child’s birthday party.

In April 2014, two supplemental products were released: Elf on TheShelf Birthday Countdown Game and The Elf Shelf Birthday Chair Decoration Kit. The Gnome Kit was parodied in the 2016 episode of The Simpsons: After Krust After Nightmare. A Jewish version of the toy was created in 2011 by Benjamin Goikns: Elchik: Mensch on a Bench: a stuffed toy that looks a bit like a rabbi or a Hasidic Jew or a rabbi. The Yiddish version was designed by Benjamin Elikns and features a stuffed stuffed animal that looks like a Jewish Hasid or rabbi or Hasid. It was created by Hasbro marketing executive Neal Hoffman, a former Hasbro Toys executive and Hasbro toy executive. The toy was sold for more than 22,000 USD on Kickstarter.