10 Things You Didn't Know About Your Favorite Christmas Movies

Fun and juicy facts involving our favorite Christmas movies.

1. Elf

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Will Ferrell suffered from multiple headaches while filming due to excessive sugar intake on set.

2. Bad Santa

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Billy Bob Thornton has admitted that during the majority of filming Bad Santa he was intoxicated.

3. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

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Val Kilmer’s character of “Gay Perry” is the first leading role by a big Hollywood studio to be homosexual.

4. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

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The cast never rehearsed their scenes before shooting. Rehearsal was pointless due to the fact that Chevy Chase was going to ad-lib most of his lines anyway.

5. The Santa Clause

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Disney has a strict policy of not hiring ex felons but made an exception with Tim Allen. Allen had previously served a sentence in jail for possession of close to a pound and a half of cocaine.

6. It's A Wonderful Life

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Screenwriters Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett both had a poor relationships with director Frank Capra. Capra would be condescending so much so that before Frances and Albert were finished with the script they quit the project all together.

7. A Christmas Story

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A Christmas Story is based on a book called In "God We Trust: All Other Pay Cash." The book is a collection of semi autobiographical short stories by Jean Shepard that were originally written for Playboy magazine.

8. Scrooged

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Scrooged is the only movie to feature all four of the acting Murray brothers. While Bill is the obvious star of the acclaimed film, his brothers John, Joel and Brian Doyle-Murray make appearances as well.

9. Earnest Saves Christmas

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While filming Earnest Saves Christmas the reindeer began to shed their antlers which caused many delays in the filming.

10. Home Alone

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Christopher Columbus almost didn’t direct Home Alone. He was set to direct National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation until he met Chevy Chase and said he “treated me like dirt.” Chase's behavior caused Columbus to drop from the film. Soon there after he got the project of Home Alone.