With that kind of list, it sure sounds like Hendrich's describing a human. Which is precisely what she and her team set out to do during Cortana's development; create an AI with human-like qualities. Microsoft's decision to infuse Cortana with a personality stemmed from one end goal: user attachment.
Kris Kringle. Kris Kringle may refer to: Santa Claus, by assimilation in the United States of the separate German tradition below Kris Kringle, the lead character in Miracle on 34th Street. Christkind (or Christkindl), the Austrian and German Christmas gift-bringer, the Christ Child.
Low and behold, he did not use the snappy name of Kit Kat, but instead called the treats Rowntree's Chocolate Crisp.' Fortunately, Rowntree had an observant marketing director named George Harris, who, in 1937, got rid of the boring name and introduced the Kit Kat chocolate Krisp.