When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's helpers. But as he grows into adulthood, he can't shake the nagging feeling that he doesn't belong. Buddy vows to visit Manhattan and find his real dad, a workaholic.

Cast

Will FerrellBuddy

James CaanWalter

Bob NewhartPapa Elf

Ed AsnerSanta

Mary SteenburgenEmily