Santa's workshop
He is the wise, elderly elf who legally adopts Buddy and raises him as his own son at the North Pole.
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This liquid is Buddy’s absolute favorite topping, which he pours over spaghetti and into his morning coffee.
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Buddy screams, "I know him!" when he learns this legendary figure is making a guest appearance at the store.
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Played by Will Ferrell, this oversized human is raised by Papa Elf at the North Pole.
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According to the Elf Code, this physical action is "my favorite," as Buddy enthusiastically tells his father's receptionist.
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This is the name of the arctic creature that gives Buddy a high-five right before he hops onto an ice floe to leave the workshop.
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Buddy famously chugs an entire 2-liter bottle of this specific soda brand before letting out a massive burp.
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Buddy gets into a massive fistfight with the store Santa after accusing him of smelling like these two non-holiday foods.
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This workaholic children's book publisher is Buddy’s biological father and starts the movie on the Naughty List.
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Rule number three states that the best way to spread Christmas cheer is doing this "loud for all to hear."
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This legendary holiday movie actor, famous for playing Ralphie in A Christmas Story, makes an uncredited cameo as Ming Ming the Elf.
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While sitting at the doctor’s office for a DNA test, Buddy mistakes these white, fluffy medical supplies for food and eats them.
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Jovie wears a retail uniform consisting of green trim and this primary, non-traditional holiday color.
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This Zooey Deschanel character works at Gimbels and sings a bathroom duet of "Baby, It's Cold Outside" with Buddy.
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Buddy calls himself this fictional, rhyming insult when he realizes he is terrible at meeting his daily toy quotas.
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This talking, stationary character gives Buddy advice about New York City before he leaves, telling him to watch out for yellow cabs.
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Along with candy, candy corn, and syrup, this striped holiday treat makes up the final branch of the four elf food groups.
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To make the toy department look like a winter wonderland overnight, Buddy constructs a massive cityscape out of these interlocking plastic bricks.
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Played by Peter Dinklage, this short-tempered, high-profile children's author gets into a fight with Buddy in the conference room.
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At the North Pole workshop, Buddy is assigned the stressful, repetitive task of testing this classic popping toy.
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Buddy originally arrived at Santa's workshop hidden inside a sack of toys after crawling out of this specific type of institution.
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Buddy brings his dad breakfast in bed consisting of coffee and this specific brand of toaster pastry, completely crushed up.
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This is the specific color of the tie worn by the strict, loud Gimbels store manager played by Faizon Love.
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This is the name of Buddy's biological mother, who gave him up for adoption before she passed away.
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While a standard elf can make hundreds of toys, Buddy struggles and can only manage to produce this specific number of toys per day.
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