What's worse than cramming 11 cookies into the VCR? Buddy the Elf's vacation season, apparently.

Actor Will Ferrell proved as a lot when he attended an NHL sport in Los Angeles on Sunday, Dec. 29 whereas dressed as his iconic character from the beloved 2003 Christmas film Elf — although this model of the character has seen higher days after a chaotic finish to the 2024 calendar 12 months.

"We've by no means ever seen him like this," reported broadcast journalist Carrlyn Bathe of FanDuel Sports activities Community, earlier than indicating on the air that she approached Ferrell to ask about his interpretation of the character as he watched the L.A. Kings play the Philadelphia Flyers from throughout the Crypto.com Enviornment.

"I ended by simply to examine in on him, he's smoking a cigarette ringside, he's received a 5 o'clock shadow, wanting a little bit bit disgruntled," Bathe continued. "[He] stated it was a tricky vacation season, you guys, and he's in search of a Kings win."

Ferrell's seasonal magic labored, because the Kings ultimately beat the Flyers ultimately.

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Since debuting to $229 million on the field workplace 21 years in the past, director Jon Favreau's Elf has turn into a seasonal staple, and is thought to be probably the most well-liked Christmas movies of all time. The story follows Ferrell as Buddy, a human man raised by Santa's elves, who in the end leaves the North Pole to seek for his organic father (James Caan) in New York Metropolis.

Not too long ago, actor Mark Acheson informed PEOPLE that one of many film's funniest scenes — which sees Buddy descend to the mailroom of his father's workplace, the place he will get drunk with an worker — was improvised on the day of capturing, together with a comical line about Acheson being a "younger" 26 years outdated, regardless of his precise age of 46 on the time.

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"The producers needed to axe the entire scene due to that," Acheson revealed, including that Favreau fought for the bit to stay within the film. "I believe, ‘Who’s gonna imagine this man is 26?’ I imply, critically. I imagine I used to be 46 on the time and an older 46 even at that. As a result of I by no means appeared younger in my life."

Watch Ferrell attend the L.A. Kings sport as Buddy the Elf within the video above.

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