CHRISTMAS ELVES ARRIVE FOR THANKSGIVING.

• Position: WHATS NEW? - The Night Before Thanksgiving ... The Legend of the Christmas Elves - Children's review - Brief article - Book review

The idea of Christmas elves coming from The North Pole at Thanksgiving to play hide and seek, watch for good behavior, and report back to Santa each and every day has been a cherished tradition for more than 50 years for the family of Phyllis Porter Turner, who has released a collector's edition of her popular children's book, The Night Before Thanksgiving... The Legend of The Christmas Elves, celebrating 15 years since it originally was published in 2003.

Turner wrote this story after a conversation with her then nine-year-old son. "Ryan was telling me how excited he was that our elves, Mr. Snoops, Mr. Jingles, and Mr. Peeps would be coming soon on Thanksgiving day and how much he had missed them. I told him that, as excited as we were for them to come, just imagine how thrilling it must be throughout the entire...