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14 Delightful Details About Popular Holiday Movies

December 17, 2021

From anti-apartheid posters hiding away in Scrooged to Back to the Future’s Flux Capacitor running the train in The Polar Express, here are some interesting details you can find in these popular Holiday movies.

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How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Holiday Movies How the Grinch Stole Christmas The scene where the Grinch directs his dog to be a reindeer was Jim Carrey's homage to the film's director, Ron Howard. Carrey's mannerisms in the scene echoes Howard's directing style. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Anti-apartheid art

Holiday Movies Scrooged FREE SOUTH AFRICA Artist Keith Haring's work can be spotted in the background throughout the film, especially his 1985 poster, Free South Africa. GRACKED COM — Source

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Home Alone

Holiday Movies Home Alone The director's family members all have cameos in the movie, and almost all of the crew snuck pictures of their family members into the set decoration. CRACKED.COM — Source

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No Jack Black movies here

Holiday Movies The Holiday e a GRADUATE - Sometimes, the detail is what you don't see. Like in the Blockbuster scene, where you will struggle trying to find a Jack Black or Kate Winslet movie on those shelves. The crew purposely removed every film featuring either of them. CRACKED COM — Source

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Amblin Button

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Shout-out to her bae

Holiday Movies Office Christmas Party THE Jennifer Aniston's character is reading A Girl on the Train at the airport. The book was adapted to screen that same year, and starred her then-husband, Justin Theroux. CRACKED.COM — Source

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It's all Upside Down

Holiday Movies The Christmas Chronicles NICK'S-PLACE Spot the valet watching Stranger Things on his iPad. CRACKED COM — Source

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The real Nightmare

Holiday Movies The Night Before Christmas Finkelstein's lab was designed to resemble Finkelstein himself. It's uncanny. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Krampus

Holiday Movies Krampus The director has revealed that he referenced some of his favorite horror houses in the movie. Не didn't say which or where, and left it for fans to spot themselves. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Back to the Future cameo

Holiday Movies The Polar Express There's a Back to the Future Flux Capacitor on the train. This could also explain how the train can travel around the world in a single night. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Nice map

Holiday Movies Klaus Jesper's map is filled with location names that are nods to the production team of the Netflix Christmas animation. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Christmas Chronicles 2

Holiday Movies The Christmas Chronicles 2 Polars CINEMA NOW PLAYING BAD SANTA FREE ADMISSION NOW PLAYING ELF FREE ADMITION The film references both Elf and Bad Santa, and both those references support the plot of the movie, too. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Die Hard

Holiday Movies Die Hard NAKATOMI PLAZA 2121 AVENUE OF THE STARS LOS ANGELES, CA 90213 EMERGENCY CONTACTS: SECURITY OFFICE (213) 203-3723 BLDG. MANAGER (213) 203-3733 FIRE ALARM CODE 2134480 Nakatomi Plaza's phone numbers and address are the actual details of Fox Plaza's management. Fox Plaza is the headquarters of 20th Century Fox where the film was shot. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Michael Cane's real name

Holiday Movies The Muppet Christmas Carol Micklewhite A shop was given the name Micklewhite's, after Michael Cane's given name Maurice Micklewhite. CRACKED.COM — Source

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