17 Teeny Tiny Mistakes In Christmas Movies That The Producers Hoped You'd Miss

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December 1, 2021 at 3:16 AM·4 min read

1.In Elf, a crew member notices they're visible on the left side of the shot and tries to hide themselves in the doorway.

New Line Cinema

2. An actor expertly played off a wallop they accidentally got from a ladder in the background of Christmas with the Kranks.

Actor Hit With Ladder In Christmas With The Cranks from MovieMistakes

Columbia Pictures

3.In Home Alone, Harry grabs the heated door knob from the right, which means the "M" should've been burned at a 90º angle. After his hand cools in the snow, you can see the "M" was burned as if he grabbed the door with his fingers facing straight up.

4. Then, the burn mark completely vanishes when he enters the house, too.

In Home Alone (1990), when Harry is threatening Kevin upstairs, he has his hands raised, and the burn mark, that he got on his right hand earlier from the red hot doorknob, seems to have disappeared. from MovieMistakes

Hughes Entertainment

5.Also in Home Alone, Kevin sits down to a meal of mac 'n' cheese before the Wet Bandits arrive, but when Harry passes the table after he arrives, it's been changed to a TV dinner.

6. In The Santa Clause, a tiny misstep gave away the fact that a lot of the film was made in Canada.

In The Santa Clause (1994), for a brief moment you can see a "The Beer Store" sign in the background. As the movie is set in America, this is a mistake. "The Beer store" is a Canadian only chain. The movie was filmed largely in Toronto. from MovieMistakes

Walt Disney Pictures

7.Also in The Santa Clause, when Scott flies through Chicago, the sun is rising from the west, when, IRL, the sun rises in the east.

Walt Disney Pictures

8. In Die Hard, if you pay attention, there's an accidental resurrection...

I watched Die Hard for the first time tonight. You can see Karl standing in the background after John just strangled him with the chains. I assume he strangled the stunt double. GREAT Christmas movie by the way! from MovieMistakes

20th Century Studios

9. ...and it's not the only one.

In Die Hard, when Hans moves Tony’s head (who is dead), he blinks. (At 00:17 seconds) from MovieMistakes

20th Century Studios

10.In National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, the wreath is lit when Clark is walking Aunt Bethany to the door, but no lights are on it when the door opens.

11. Watch as the silhouettes on the battlefield vanish between frames in The Nightmare Before Christmas.

In the scene from The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) where Jack is flying over the military base, you can see 4 anti-aircraft guns. The men operating the gun in the middle screen disappear as soon as it fires. from MovieMistakes

Disney

12. The historian for A Christmas Story didn't do their homework for this scene.

In ‘A Christmas Story’ when Mrs. Shields opens her drawer there is a pair of chattering teeth. The movie is set in 1939, and chattering teeth were invented in 1949. from MovieMistakes

MGM

13.In Miracle on 34th Street, Shellhammer tells Dorey that her Santa is in a fedora. Santa is actually wearing a Homburg, a different type of hat. Where a fedora has two creases on either side of the crown, a Homburg has just one at the top down the center of the crown.

14. In The Holiday, the South African flag doesn't have any orange on it...

The holiday (2006) - someone didn’t do their research when looking up the South African flag! from MovieMistakes

Universal Pictures

15.In It's a Wonderful Life, Clarence tells George that his brother died at the age of 9, but when his tombstone shows, it reads "1911–1919," which would make George's brother only seven or eight-years-old.

16.In The Muppet Christmas Carol, Gonzo and Rizzo are selling red delicious apples. However, the story is supposed to take place during the first half of the 1800s, and red delicious apples weren't discovered until 1875.