The concept was first ... on a day when you are not rushing out to door for work. The footprints help show the elf was rather active at night. One of the more popular Elf on the Shelf ideas ...

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New Jersey mom Mary Grego says the best part of her creative Elf ... Shelf tradition. "Start simple," she says. "As you start this as a new tradition, just make it a little bit different every day ...