There is a lot of guesswork and hope when it comes to releasing a movie ... In Elf, Will Ferrell plays Buddy, an ordinary human who crawled into Santa Claus' present bag as a baby and was raised ...

Buddy's enthusiasm for Christmas is extreme, even when compared to his elf "peers," so it's understandable that the festive spirit of the movie oozes from the screen and into moviegoers' hearts.

It seems like not everyone cares that Buddy the Elf may be going through a midlife ... up as his beloved character from the 2003 holiday movie while watching the Los Angeles Kings play the ...