“Elf” prop has been delighting Long Islanders for over 19 years

HALESITE, N.Y. — The holiday movie “Elf” was released 20 years ago and has delighted the masses since. In the film’s climax, Buddy the Elf and Santa fly through New York City on a sleigh powered by holiday spirit. Did you ever wonder what happened to that sleigh? We did, so we sent CBS New York’s Vanessa Murdock on a quest to find out. Declared a “masterpiece” by “Elf” lovers, Santa’s sleigh needed a little help from modern engineering to take to the skies in the movie, using a “Kringle 3000” jet turbine engine. But the Kringle 3000 did not propel the iconic piece of movie memorabilia to its final home. A generous donor helped it land on Long Island…