Here are 10 little known facts about the movie “The Christmas Chronicles”:

1. The movie was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
2. The mint condition Mickey Mantle rookie card given to a man in the restaurant and then torn up by his wife was sold in 2018 for $2.88 million.
3. Santa’s list includes several of Kurt Russell’s grandchildren.
4. The kid who asks for a snowboard in the video letters is Kurt’s actual grandson Bing Bellamy, his mother is Kurt’s daughter, Kate Hudson and his father is Muse frontman Matthew Bellamy.
5. The North Pole language was created by a “Game of Thrones” writer.
6. The cast never met the elves.
7. Darby Camp did (most of) her own stunts.
8. Kurt Russell took his role as Santa seriously. He even learned how to drive a sleigh.
9. Santa’s village set was bigger than the Harry Potter sets.
10. The movie was a huge success, becoming Netflix’s most-watched original film of 2018.

Here are some additional facts that we found:

• The movie’s director, Clay Kaytis, is a big fan of Christmas movies, and he specifically wanted to make a movie that would appeal to both kids and adults.
• The movie’s writers, Matt Lieberman and David Guggenheim, were inspired by the classic Christmas movies of the 1980s, such as “Home Alone” and “It’s a Wonderful Life.”
• The movie’s soundtrack features a mix of original songs and classic Christmas carols.
• The movie was a critical and commercial success, and it was followed by a sequel in 2020.

I hope you enjoyed these little known facts about “The Christmas Chronicles.”