Here's how the endings of Home Alone, The Holiday, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Elf ... whole movie is so perfect from start to finish. And while I prefer the original ending, the ...

"Work release" was supposed to be the end ... the film came out in 2003, fans are still calling on the scene today, with one recently joking that "now more than ever i relate to the elf mailroom ...

This scene happens after the oversized elf is sent to work in the mailroom by his father and gets a brief tour, but nearly didn't make it into the movie. The two are lying on top of two mail bins ...

"Favreau fought to keep it in the movie."He said that the joke ... to say 'work release' and that was the end of it." Ferrell plays Buddy the Elf, sent to the mailroom at his father's office ...

This scene was cut from the film, but you can still watch it online. There's an "Elf" Broadway musical. For just a few short weeks at the end of 2010, "Elf" was transformed into a Broadway musical ...