 When she first meets Buddy, Jovie asks, "Did Crumpet put you up to  this?" Crumpet is the name David Sedaris (qv) chose for his elf in  "The Santaland Diaries", a collection of stories inspired from his  time spent as an elf in a department store. David Sedaris (qv)s  sister, Amy Sedaris (qv), also appears in the film as  James Caan (qv)s assistant, Deb.