The Little Drummer Boy From "Love Actually" Aged Like A Fine Wine, And 17 Other Transformations From Popular Christmas Movie Actors

Here's what Kieran Culkin looked like as Fuller in Home Alone (1990):

Culkin as Fuller in "Home Alone"
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Here's what Kieran Culkin looks like today:

Culkin at the "Succession" Season 3 premiere in 2021
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Here's what Taylor Momsen looked like as Cindy Lou Who in How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000):

Momsen wearing a funky hairdo and Christmas dress
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Here's what Taylor Momsen looks like today:

Here's what Mara Wilson looked like as Susan Walker in Miracle on 34th Street (1994):

Wilson as a kid, smiling while on a staircase on Christmas morning
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Here's what Mara Wilson looks like today:

Wilson at the premiere for "Knives Out"
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Here's what Zooey Deschanel looked like as Jovie in Elf (2003):

Deschanel wearing an elf costume in "Elf"
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Here's what Zooey Deschanel looks like today:

Deschanel at the premiere of "We're Here"
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Here's what Johnny Galecki looked like as Russ Griswold in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989):

Galecki happily smiling in a Christmas sweater
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Here's what Johnny Galecki looks like today:

Galecki posing near the Statue of Liberty
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Here's what Arnold Schwarzenegger looked like as Howard Langston in Jingle All the Way (1996):

Schwarzenegger holding a giant candy cane
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Here's what Arnold Schwarzenegger looks like today:

Schwarzenegger poses with the Premier League Trophy in 2021
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Here's what Denzel Washington looked like as Dudley in The Preacher's Wife (1996):

Washington standing happily in the cold, wearing a long coat and hat
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Here's what Denzel Washington looks like today:

Lincoln Center The 59th New York Film Festival Opening Night - The Tragedy Of Macbeth
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Here's what Catherine O'Hara looked like as Kate McCallister in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992):

O'Hara with a shocked expression on her face
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Here's what Catherine O'Hara looks like today:

O'Hara at the 2021 Emmys
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Here's what Queen Latifah looked like as Georgia Byrd in Last Holiday (2006):

Latifah happily cooking a meal
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Here's what Queen Latifah looks like today:

Latifah on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" in 2021
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Here's what Tim Allen looked like as Scott Calvin/Santa Claus in The Santa Clause (1994):

Allen wearing a Santa Claus coat
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Here's what Tim Allen looks like today:

Allen at the George Lopez Golf Tournament in 2021
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Here's what Peter Billingsley looked like as Ralphie in A Christmas Story (1983):

Billingsley in a cowboy outfit
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Here's what Peter Billingsley looks like today:

Billingsley at a screening of "A Christmas Story"
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Here's what Olivia Olson looked like as Joanna in Love Actually (2003):

Olson singing "All I Want for Christmas Is You"
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Here's what Sarah Jessica Parker looked like as Meredith in The Family Stone (2005):

Parker wearing a dark suit, tight bun, and holding nude shoes
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Here's what Sarah Jessica Parker looks like today:

Parker behind the scenes of "And Just Like That..."
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Here's what Gabrielle Union looked like as Nancy Taylor in The Perfect Holiday (2007):

Union standing with a worried expression on her face while holding onto her two kids in the film
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Here's what Gabrielle Union looks like today:

Union at the 2021 Fashion Awards
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Here's what Miffy Englefield looked like as Sophie in The Holiday (2006):

Englefield smirking at the door in "The Holiday"
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Here's what Miffy Englefield looks like today:

Here's what Karolyn Grimes looked like as Zuzu Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life (1946):

Grimes being held by Jimmy Stewart at the end of "It's a Wonderful Life"
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Here's what Karolyn Grimes looks like today:

Grimes on Fox LA to talk about "It's a Wonderful Life"
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Here's what Jamie Lee Curtis looked like as Nora Krank in Christmas with the Kranks (2004):

Curtis with long, brown hair and wearing a Christmas sweater
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Here's what Jamie Lee Curtis looks like today:

Curtis at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Opening Gala in 2021
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And here's what Thomas Brodie-Sangster looked like as Sam in Love Actually (2003):

Brodie-Sangster smiling cutely in the airport scene
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Here's what Thomas Brodie-Sangster looks like today:

Brodie-Sangster at the "Stardust" movie premiere
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