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Learn the story behind the original ‘Elf on the Shelf’

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Carol Aebersold and her twin daughters, Chanda and Christa, tell TODAY’s Dylan Dreyer the origin story of the popular holiday tradition of “The Elf on the Shelf.”Dec. 4, 2020

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