{"id":5261,"date":"2016-12-06T15:44:14","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T15:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=5261"},"modified":"2024-04-19T16:27:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T15:27:45","slug":"christmas-movie-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/12\/06\/christmas-movie-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"9 amazing facts you didn&#8217;t know about your favourite Christmas movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas movies are heart-warming bundles of festive joy, perfect for watching while you enjoy a bit too much mulled wine.<\/p>\n<p>However, some rather dark tales and some plain old WTF facts lie beneath your favourite Christmas movies. Here are a few things you might not know&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gW9wRNqQ_P8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Elf was responsible for numerous car crashes<\/h3>\n<p>Imagine driving home from work, looking out the window and seeing Will Ferrell dressed as Christmas elf. You\u2019d struggle to stay on the road, wouldn\u2019t you?<\/p>\n<p>So it\u2019s no surprise that Buddy the Elf\u2019s iconic stroll down the Lincoln Tunnel caused multiple \u201d\u02dcminor traffic accidents\u2019 in real life. We\u2019re sure everyone was fine after a bowl of spaghetti and maple syrup.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Buy Elf on DVD &amp; Blu-Ray\" href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/elf-blu-ray-2003\"><strong>Buy <em>Elf<\/em> on DVD &amp; Blu-Ray\u00a0from the musicMagpie Store<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Will Ferrell turned down a lot of money for Elf 2<\/h3>\n<p>$29 million, to be precise. That\u2019s a lot of presents.<\/p>\n<p>Despite public demand for a sequel to <em>Elf<\/em>, Ferrell isn\u2019t having any of it. When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/movies\/news\/will-ferrell-will-absolutely-not-make-elf-2-20131220\">asked about the sequel<\/a>, he said: \u201d\u02dcI just think it would look slightly pathetic if I tried to squeeze back in the elf tights\u2019. We&#8217;d happily look slightly pathetic for $29 million.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2TQ-pOvI6Xo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Die Hard made Bruce Willis deaf<\/h3>\n<p>To make everyone\u2019s favourite Christmas movie (don\u2019t deny it) as realistic as possible, director John McTiernan loaded the film\u2019s guns with extra loud blanks.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, Bruce Willis fired one while under a table and ended up with permanent hearing loss. Still, it didn\u2019t stop him donning the increasingly grubby vest for 4 sequels.<\/p>\n<p><b><a title=\"Buy Die Hard on DVD\" href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/die-hard-dvd-1989\">Buy <em>Die Hard<\/em>\u00a0on DVD<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Each Gremlin in Gremlins cost over $30,000 to make<\/h3>\n<p>Ever wanted your own movie quality Mogwai? Well, you best have $30,000 in the bank.<\/p>\n<p>Each Gremlin was animatronic, which meant they cost an absolute fortune to make. Keen to protect their investment (and no doubt aware how cute they were), the filmmakers had security check people before leaving the set to make sure they hadn\u2019t pocketed a furry goldmine.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Buy Gremlins on DVD\" href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/gremlins-dvd-1984\"><strong>Buy\u00a0<em>Gremlins\u00a0<\/em>on DVD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Buy Gremlins on Blu-Ray\" href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/gremlins-30th-anniversary-edition\"><strong>Buy <i>Gremlins\u00a0<\/i>on Blu-Ray<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CK2Btk6Ybm0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Joe Pesci tormented Macaulay Culkin for real in Home Alone<\/h3>\n<p>If you\u2019ve seen <em>Goodfellas<\/em>, you\u2019ll know that Joe Pesci is a pretty terrifying dude.<\/p>\n<p>So imagine how poor old Macaulay Culkin, in one of his first film roles, felt about working with him&#8230; especially when Pesci spent most of his time deliberately avoiding Culkin to give him the heebie jeebies.<\/p>\n<p>When they finally met, Pesci nearly bit Culkin\u2019s finger off and left him with a scar. Probably would have been easier to show him <em>Goodfellas<\/em>, to be honest.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Buy Home Alone on DVD\" href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/home-alone-dvd-1990\"><strong>Buy\u00a0<em>Home Alone\u00a0<\/em>on DVD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>According to doctors, Kevin would have killed Marv and Harry from Home Alone multiple times<\/h3>\n<p>Many of Kevin\u2019s home defence methods, such as dropping an iron and a paint can onto someone\u2019s head, would have killed the burglars from <em>Home Alone<\/em> stone dead, sending Kevin for a long stint in juvenile detention and presumably landing his parents in jail too.<\/p>\n<p>Even if Kevin didn\u2019t kill the burglars, his methods would have caused severe injury. The blowtorch, for example, would have burnt Joe Pesci\u2019s scalp off, while the BB gunshot to the balls would have caused severe genital trauma \u201d\u201c not exactly top of anyone\u2019s Christmas list&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sAyNfRGtrOc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t067u2Jnks0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>The Santa Clause contained an advert for a sex line<\/h3>\n<p>During the otherwise wholesome <em>The Santa Clause<\/em>, Tim Allen utters a sarcastic remark which includes the hi-lar-ious fake phone number \u201d\u02dc1-800-SPANK-ME\u2019 (which was pretty edgy back in the day).<\/p>\n<p>When a concerned grandmother called the \u201d\u02dcfake number\u2019, however, she was put through to a very real phone sex line.<\/p>\n<p>Disney eventually removed the line from the film in 1997 after a barrage of complaints and a mountain of huge phone bills (presumably). They also bought the phone number and shut it down, before you get any ideas.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Buy The Santa Clause on DVD\" href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/the-santa-clause-dvd-1995-dvd\"><strong>Buy\u00a0<em>The Santa Clause\u00a0<\/em>on DVD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DD0m9t4WHEQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Jim Carrey learnt torture resistance techniques to play the Grinch<\/h3>\n<p>Some scrooges would claim that watching Jim Carrey\u2019s <em>The Grinch<\/em> is like torture (not us, obviously). For poor Jim, though, the film literally was torture.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, it took around 8 hours to apply his make-up and latex suit. Once in it, Carrey felt so uncomfortable that he eventually had to get counselling from a Navy SEAL, who provided him with the kind of endurance training reserved for people at risk of being kidnapped by the enemy.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Buy the Grinch on DVD\" href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/the-grinch-dvd-dvd\"><strong>Buy\u00a0<em>The Grinch\u00a0<\/em>on DVD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/the-grinch-668d025e-79c0-4065-bfa2-cca0e3b75c5b\"><strong>Buy\u00a0<em>The Grinch\u00a0<\/em>on Blu-Ray<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xQvaoRScND4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Billy Bob Thornton is actually drunk in Bad Santa<\/h3>\n<p>Billy Bob Thornton is a renowned method actor, so it\u2019s no surprise that he immersed himself into the role of Willie Soke by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.film4.com\/special-features\/interviews\/billy-bob-thornton-on-bad-santa\">getting really, really drunk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It might explain why it has the most profanities of any Christmas movie, racking up 286 swear words and landing Billy Bob and co firmly on Santa\u2019s naughty list.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/bad-santa-dvd-2003\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/products\/bad-santa-dvd-2003\"><strong>Buy\u00a0<em>Bad Santa\u00a0<\/em>on DVD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Buy Bad Santa on Blu-Ray\" href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/products\/bad-santa-blu-ray-2003\"><strong>Buy\u00a0<em>Bad Santa\u00a0<\/em>on Blu-Ray<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>All of the films in the post, as well as plenty more <a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/christmas\">Christmas DVDs and Blu-Rays<\/a>, are available right now from the musicMagpie Store. 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