1. Jim Carrey was originally meant to play the role of Buddy

He turned it down to pursue other opportunities after Ace Ventura made him a household name. FOOL! But we wouldn't change Will Ferrell for the world.

2. Forced perspective was used to make it look like Buddy was a giant

The director was against CGI and wanted to keep the movie as natch as possible.

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3. The cotton balls Buddy eats while in the doctor's office were actually cotton candy that had not been dyed

Genius.

4. Will Ferrell suffered from terrible headaches throughout filming.

He actually had to eat all all of the sugar-tastic foods in the Elf food pyramid on camera. Bleurgh!

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5. Buddy's 12-second burp was voiced by someone else

That someone else was the guy that voiced Brain from Pinky And The Brain.

6. Will Ferrell's reactions to the jack in the boxes were genuine

Director (and Monica's ex Pete from Friends) Jon Favreau was controlling them off-stage by remote control.

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7. Will Ferrell caused several minor traffic accidents when walking through the Lincoln Tunnel in his costume

People were THAT surprised to see him hanging about the streets in an elf outfit. We would be, tbh.

8. SORRY, but there aren't actually that many buttons in the Empire State Building's elevators

Our entire life has been a lie.

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9. Mary Steenburgen, who plays Buddy's stepmum, also plays Will Ferrell's mum in Stepbrothers!

A dynamic duo if ever there was one.

10. All the scenes of Will Ferrell running through the city were shot on the last day of filming

The people aren't extras - they were pedestrians paid then and there to appear in the movie!

11. The 'throne of lies' scene had to be shot in one take

The set was too extensive to rebuild for another shot. Luckily they nailed it!

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12. Will Ferrell worked as a mall Santa in his very own throne of lies before his career took off

"HE'S A FAKE!"

13. Will Ferrell turned down 29million to be in Elf 2 in late 2013

???

All facts courtesy of IMDb!

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