Dec. 14, 2025
Christmas Movies Behind the Scenes Trivia
Discover filmmaking secrets behind your favorite holiday movies.
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Callaroga Shark Media. Greetings Trivia fans. I'm Mark Ellison. Today
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we're going behind the scenes of classic Christmas movies. Question one.
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What nineteen ninety Christmas comedy filmed many of its scenes
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inside a real high school in Winnetka, Illinois. Question two?
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Which stop motion holiday movie required painstaking frame by frame
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animation and used well over one hundred thousand individual photographs
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to complete? Question three? What nineteen forty six Christmas film
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initially underperformed at the box office, but later became a
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beloved television staple. Question four? Which movie features a department
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store Santa named Chris Kringle who must prove in court
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that he is the real Santa Claus. Question five? Which
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actor performed most of the vocal effects and mannerisms for
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The Grinch in the two thousand live action adaptation of
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas. We'll be right back with
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these behind the scenes answers after this break. Welcome back,
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Let's reveal the answers. Question one the nineteen ninety comedy
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was Home Alone, which used parts of New Trier High
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School for interior sets, including the flooded basement. Question two.
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The stop motion movie was The Nightmare Before Christmas, requiring
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meticulous puppet positioning for every frame. Question three. The nineteen
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forty six film was It's a Wonderful Life, which only
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later became a cherished classic through repeated TV airings. Question four,
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the Courtroom Santa movie is Miracle on thirty fourth Street,
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centered on whether Chris Kringle is truly Santa. Question five.
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Jim Carey played the Grinch and provided most of the
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character's voice, grunts, and exaggerated physical performance That concludes today's
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five daily trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison. Portions of this
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program were made with the help of AI. See you Tomorrow.
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