By the end of Love Actually it seems very little love actually happens. However, Sam goes from calling his step-father “Daniel,” to calling him “dad” – one of the only successful love stories in the movie.
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In The Muppet’s Christmas Carol, Scrooge, played by Michael Cane owns a store named “Micklewhite’s.” Michael Cane’s birth name is Maurice Joseph Micklewhite.
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In Gremlins, when the father is in the phone booth, the time machine from The Time Machine can be seen for a split second before disappearing.
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In How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Martha May Who can be seen wearing jewels in her hair as an adult that were given to her as a child by a young Grinch.
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In Elf, buddy buys some sexy lingerie for his dad, Walter. Later in the movie, Walter re-gifts it to his wife.
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During Linus’ speech in A Charlie Brown Christmas, when he says, “fear not,” he drops his blanket as symbolism.
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Early in Die Hard we see Ellis snorting some coke. Later in the movie when he asks for coke, the terrorists misinterpret him and bring him a can of Coke Cola Classic.
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In How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the Whoville currency reads, “E Pluribus Whonum,” a play on American Currency.
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Also in Elf, A Christmas Story’s Ralphie (Peter Billingsley) plays one of the elfs in Santa’s Workshop.
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Peter Billingsley also makes a cameo in Four Christmases.
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In The Nightmare Before Christmas, some of the kids who receive presents are wearing pajamas with Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck print on them.
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In Home Alone, Harry (Joe Pesci) can be seen wearing a tie pin shaped like a revolver while dressed as a police officer.
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During The Santa Clause, Scott can be seen wearing black Converse while in denial about becoming Santa. Once he accepts the change, however, he begins wearing red Chucks.
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In Polar Express, every direction seen on compasses is south, because from the north pole there is only one direction you can travel.
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At the beginning of Christmas With The Kranks, we are shown an advertisement of a couple running along the beach. Later in the movie, Luther and Nora are seen wearing exactly the same swimwear.
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After all the Christmas decoration are destroyed in Just Friends, the snowman’s face can be seen frowning, instead of smiling like earlier in the film.
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In National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, the outline of Eddie’s ‘mockneck’ can be seen through his shirt.