TROUTMAN, N.C. (WBTV/Gray News) - A real-life Elf on the Shelf has been spotted around a town in North Carolina. Dale the elf has been busy this holiday season, visiting places around Troutman, North ...

As the parent of a half-Jewish, half-Christian child who was already a sharp-eyed Santa skeptic by the time he started preschool, I did not want my kid to be the jerk who ruined Christmas for his ...

TROUTMAN, N.C. — A real-life "Elf on the Shelf" has been spotted in various spots around the town of Troutman, North Carolina this holiday season. So who is he? His name is Dale. He works for the town ...