The character name of Elizabeth Lane is likely an homage to Barbara Stanwyck's role in the holiday classic Joyeux Noël dans le Connecticut (1945).
Evie Lane turns thirty-five at the end of the movie. Taylor Cole, who portrays Evie, in real life was forty years old at the time of filming.
If 'Mary' was arrested for not having her driver's license, her purse would be inventoried for valuables, her wallet would be found, and her real license (and identity) would be known by Sheriff Bedford.