Did You Know These Fun Facts About 8 of Your Favorite Holiday Classics?

Good News! A sequel was confirmed by one of the producers with all creatives on board.

Merry Xmas Everybody, by Slade, is a British Christmas anthem. It was chosen for the closing credits by David Harbour's British wife, singer Lily Allen.

Santa finds Trudy Lightstone on the “Nice” list as the list includes keeping her room clean, listened to parents, kind to animals, sweet to everyone, and invited a weird kid to a party…. If only everyone in the world could end up on the “Nice” list. :D

It took almost 10 years for this film to come to life when actress, writer, and producer Dame Emma Thompson started up the script in 2010 before it premiered in 2019.
Emilia Clarke did her own singing in this movie.
Filmed on-location in London. To avoid crowds interrupting filming, many scenes started filming around 2 a.m

There is a sign on Tracey Hughes (Munn)' office wall that reads, "The only stupid questions are the ones you ask me before you ask the Web (or any question before my coffee)."…. #relatable
At the conclusion of filming in Atlanta, furniture and props from the set were donated to the Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta, a charity that gives away free furniture to people moving into stable housing from homelessness and domestic violence.

The song "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" was a seasonal standard long before it was used in this film. It was written in 1939, and its popularity skyrocketed in 1947, by Gene Autry's recording.
Two of the original characters used for the production (Santa and Rudolph) sold at auction in November 2020 for $368,000 to an unknown collector.

In its first weekend of release in the United States, the film earned double its entire production budget.
When the lead male characters sing "Can You Stand the Rain" to the female characters, their reactions are genuine as the director didn't tell the ladies which song the men would sing.

The airport greeting footage at the beginning and end of this movie is real. Writer and director Richard Curtis had a team of cameramen film at Heathrow airport for a week, and whenever they saw something that would fit in, they asked the people involved for permission to use the footage.
Kris Marshall returned his paycheck for the scene where the three American girls undress him. He said he had such a great time having three girls undress him for twenty-one takes that he was willing to do it for free, and thus returned his check for that.
In the Czech Republic, this movie went by the name "Heavenly Love" - a saying expressing "the greatest love possible"

Director Brett Ratner had to court Nicolas Cage for months to convince him to be in this film. It was not until Nicolas Cage saw Ratner's newest film Rush Hour that he agreed to be in this film.
Nicolas Cage is known to be a huge Elvis fan, when he is digging through his box of personals there is a bottle of English Leather. English Leather was Elvis' favorite cologne.

Jim Carrey spent ninety-two days in Grinch make-up, spending two hours in the morning getting in, and one hour in the evening to get out. According to Carrey, he became a "Zen Master" while sitting in the make-up chair.
Actors and actresses went to Who-School with a choreographer, learning how to move and be comfortable being a Who.
This was the highest grossing Christmas movie since Home Alone (1990).
Max, the male dog, was played by Kelley, a female dog.
Jack Nicholson was the first choice for the role of the Grinch, but he was never offered the role.

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