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Scenes from ‘Elf’ lovingly recreated in Bristol

By Martin Booth and Lois Booth  Thursday Dec 23, 2021

Buddy the elf swapped the North Pole for New York City in Elf.

And now he has swapped the Big Apple for Bristol in scenes lovingly recreated across the city by Matt Moreman.

Matt is a manager at Primark so was able to get special access to film his TikTok video in the shop.

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In Bristol, Buddy wakes up in the window of Primark and gets to grips in the escalators in the store, before wandering wide-eyed through Broadmead, getting stuck in the revolving doors of the Bristol Beacon and hopping across the zebra crossing on Bridewell Street.

“I wanted to do it last year but I couldn’t really afford the outfit, so I bought it this year in June and have been counting down every month to do this,” Matt,  told Bristol24/7.

“I had it planned out for ages and was so excited to do it!”

Main photo: Matt Moreman / TikTok

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