As the holiday favorite enjoys enduring popularity, Newsweek has looked at the stars' careers since the classic comedy debuted in 2003.

Billingsley plays Ming Ming the elf in Will Ferrell’s movie and you’ll notice him in the “Cottenheaded Ninnymuggins” scene below.

Elf could have actually used the Macy’s ... However, one of the stipulations was, we would have had to remove the Artie Lange scene, where Santa is revealed to be a fake, because their Santa ...