History Fridge / Elf

** He is also held to an elf's significantly longer development timeline, making him roughly elementary-school aged in his late 30s. Papa Elf is at least 490 years old (if Buddy's drunken comments can be considered accurate), and even that's not ''too'' old (Bob Newhart was 74 when the movie was released). Even by the most optimistic human life expectancy, Buddy was going to die at an extremely young age compared to his elf family and peers.

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** He is also held to an elf's significantly longer development timeline, making him roughly elementary-school aged in his late 30s. Papa Elf is at least 490 years old (if Buddy's drunken comments can be considered accurate), and even that's not ''too'' old (Bob Newhart was 74 when the movie was released). Even by the most optimistic human life expectancy, Buddy was going to die at an extremely young age compared to his elf family and peers.

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** He is also held to an elf's significantly longer development timeline, making him roughly elementary-school aged in his late 30s. Papa Elf is at least 490 years old (if Buddy's drunken comments can be considered accurate), and even that's not ''too'' old (Bob Newhart was 74 when the movie was released). Even by the most optimistic human life expectancy, Buddy was going to die at an extremely young age compared to his elf family and peers.
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** Let's just hope Santa left her a note or something. That would be the sensible thing to do.

* At the climax, when Walter joins in singing (and thus gives Santa's sleigh that last ounce of Christmas spirit needed to fly unaided) it seems like a cliché (if admittedly [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome epic]]) act of [[BigDamnHero saving the day]]. But then one remembers his college photo of him and his later lover. In it, you see him playing guitar and [[SerenadeYourLover serenading her]]. This actually makes the climax even more SugarWiki/{{heartwarming|Moments}} because singing made him relive that happiness he felt when he was with Susan. If that didn't bring him Christmas cheer, nothing would've.

* The Gimbels manager isn't a bad guy, given he's NiceToTheWaiter with his employees when not under pressure. Thus, it makes sense that he would allow Buddy as a kids' author to read aloud at the store a few years later. It was water under the bridge, and it's implied he found out that this guy was the real deal.

* The beginning of the movie shows Buddy in an orphanage as a baby, where a nun is putting him in his crib. She tucks him in and says she hope he will be adopted, soothing him. Then Santa comes in and Buddy crawls into his bag for a teddy bear, where he's accidentally brought to the North Pole. The movie doesn't address this, but just ''imagine'' how devastated that nun was when she woke up the next morning and realized Buddy was missing. She most likely never found out what happened to him. For all she knows, Buddy could've been kidnapped.

** He's also held to an elf's significantly longer development timeline, making him roughly elementary-school aged in his late 30s. Papa Elf is at least 490 years old (if Buddy's drunken comments can be considered accurate), and even that's not ''too'' old (Bob Newhart was 74 when the movie was released). Even by the most optimistic human life expectancy, Buddy was going to die at an extremely young age compared to his elf family and peers.

* What would Buddy have done if he hadn't' seen Santa falling out of the sky? From the way he was looking over the bridge, he might have considered jumping.

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* When watching as a younger viewer, this troper often wondered why Buddy was arrested after the Gimbels incident when witnesses clearly saw the fake Santa was the aggressor, to the point where the manager has to tackle him to the ground to protect Buddy. This makes much more sense watching the film as an adult, as the police would have likely found out in their investigation that Buddy didn't actually work there. If we assume that the fake Santa is the one that Gimbels normally employs every year, the police and the manager likely assumed that Buddy was an imposter trying to sabotage the company by causing a scene.

** Then again, considering it happened on Christmas Eve, who’s to say it isn’t possible that she guessed that Santa found him a home (that is if she believes in Santa)?

* What would the Central Park Rangers have done to ''Santa Claus'', given how Laura the journalist said she was against the decision to mobilize them? That is, if they hadn't realized the "hoax" was just a man in a red suit and grounded reindeer.

* The beginning of the movie shows Buddy in an orphanage as a baby, where a nun is putting him in his crib. Then Santa comes in and Buddy crawls into his bag for a teddy bear, where he's accidentally brought to the North Pole. The movie doesn't address this, but just ''imagine'' how devastated that nun was when she woke up the next morning and realized Buddy was missing. She most likely never found out what happened to him. For all she knows, Buddy could've been kidnapped.
** Then again, considering it happened on Christmas Eve, who’s to say it isn’t possible that she guessed that Santa found him a home (that is, if she believes in Santa)?

* At the climax, when Walter joins in singing (and thus gives Santa's sleigh that last ounce of Christmas spirit needed to fly unaided) it seems like a cliché (if admittedly [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome epic]]) act of [[BigDamnHero saving the day]]. But then one remembers his college photo of him and his later lover. In it, you see him playing guitar and [[SerenadeYourLover serenading her]]. This actually makes the climax even more [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming heartwarming]] because singing made him relive that happiness he felt when he was with Susan. If that didn't bring him Christmas cheer, nothing would've.

* The beginning of the movie shows Buddy in an orphanage as a baby, where a nun is putting him in his crib. Then Santa comes in and Buddy crawls into his bag for a teddy bear, where he's accidentally brought to the North Pole. The movie doesn't address this, but just ''imagine'' how devastated that nun was when she woke up the next morning and realized Buddy was missing. She most likely never found out what happened to him. For all she knows, Buddy could've been kidnapped.

* The beginning of the movie shows Buddy in an orphanage as a baby, where a nun is putting him in his crib. Then Santa comes in and Buddy crawls into his bag for a teddy bear, where he's accidentally brought to the North Pole. The movie doesn't address this, but just ''imagine'' how devastated that nun was when she woke up the next morning and couldn't find Buddy anywhere. For all she knows, Buddy could've been kidnapped.

* The beginning of the movie shows Buddy in an orphanage as a baby, where a nun is putting him in his crib. Then Santa comes in and Buddy crawls into his bag for a teddy bear, where he's accidentally brought to the North Pole. The movie doesn't address this, but just ''imagine'' how devestated that nun was when she woke up the next morning and saw that Buddy was missing. For all she knows, Buddy could've been kidnapped.

* The beginning of the movie shows Buddy in an orphanage as a baby, where a nun is putting him in his crib. Then Santa comes in and Buddy crawls into his bag for a teddy bear, where he's accidentally brought to the North Pole. The movie doesn't address this, but just ''imagine'' how devestated that nun was when she woke up to see that Buddy was gone. For all she knows, Buddy could've been kidnapped.

* At the climax, when Walter joins in singing (and thus gives Santa's sleigh that last ounce of Christmas spirit needed to fly unaided) it seems like a cliché (if admittedly [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome epic]]) act of [[BigDamnHero saving the day]]. But then one remembers his college photo of him and his later lover. In it, you see him playing guitar and [[SerenadeYourLover serenading her]]. This actually makes the climax even more [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming heartwarming]] because singing made him relive that happiness he felt when he was with Susan. If that didn't bring him Christmas cheer, nothing would've.