Editor’s note: This story may contain spoilers for prying little eyes! In the same way the Elf on the Shelf greatly increased the Christmas creep, forcing parents to add additional stress to our ...

Celtic folklore has a number of stories about fairies, who often carried people off, never to be seen again. One type of fairy in this folklore is the leprechaun. But are leprechauns actually real?

I, for one, am not going down without a fight. I’m besties with Santa Claus. I can handle the tooth fairy. I’m not pleased that Halloween now extends through the entire month of October, but I costume ...