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Watch this music video and see the Scout Elf’s Christmas... It’s the Night Before Christmas and everything is perfectly prepared for Santa’s arrival… or is it?
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- The Elf on the Shelf
- Jim Carrey was initially eyed to play Buddy in Elf. When David Berenbaum’s spec script first emerged in 1993, Carrey was pre-Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and attached to front the Christmas film.
- Years before SNL or Elf, Will Ferrell worked as a mall Santa. And his A Night at the Roxbury co-star Chris Kattan was his elf. This was back when the pair were pre-Saturday Night Live, and part of The Groundlings comedy troupe.
- Director Jon Favreau favored practical effects on the set of elf. Inspired by the Christmas specials he grew up with, Favreau explained in the film’s commentary track that he employed “old techniques” instead of CGI whenever possible.
- Much of the snow you see in Elf was often computer-generated. Some effects just couldn’t be practical. These included the snowflakes that drift over the opening credits, and many of the snowballs in Buddy’s pivotal fight scene.
Dec 11, 2021 · The first script for Elf was written way back in 1993 with Jim Carrey in mind to play Buddy. However, as the project took years to get off the ground, The Mask star never ended up taking on the...
Nov 19, 2020 · Zooey Deschanel, who played Jovie in Elf, broke down the scene in which her character sang "Baby, It's Cold Outside" in the shower and Will Ferrell unexpectedly belted out the words with her.
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Before there were Scout Elves, there was Fisbee, a pixie elf that Carol Aebersold received when she was a child. In 1974, Aebersold told her three children that the elf was there to keep an eye on them in the days leading up to Christmas and would report back nightly to Santa about their behavior. Decades later, Carol and Chanda turned this charmin...
In what is likely one of the most successful self-publishing stories of all time, more than 17.5 million Scout Elves have been adopted around the world since their debut. The Elf on The Shelf is the heart of The Lumistella Company, with Carol’s daughters Chanda Bell and Christa Pitts at the helm as co-founders and co-CEOs. Beyond the book and Scout...
Rebecca Rouse is a wife, mom of two and the home stylist/DIYer behind Rouse in the House. “Obsessed would be an understatement,” she says of her household in December, when Ken their “main” Elf is visiting. That’s right, Ken doesn't fly solo — he’s married with two adorable baby elves. “The wife and children only come on special occasions,” Rouse t...
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Takeaways: Mark Lowry rejoins Kirk Cameron to tell the story behind his popular Christmas song, Mary Did You Know. It all starts when he was asked to write a...
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Making Life & Words Count! The famous Christmas song "Mary, did you know" didn't start out as a song by Mark Lowery. Discover the story behind the song.
