Liev Schreiber's theatrical film debut. His first credited role was in Coulisses d'un meurtre (1994), which premiered on television the day before this movie opened in theaters.
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Director Nora Ephron is the voice of the Los Angeles Times' automated phone responder in the film.
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Remake of French comedy film Le père Noël est une ordure ! (1982). Although released in English-speaking countries as "Santa Claus is a Stinker", the film's French title translates literally to "Santa Claus Is Garbage" in English.
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This was the fifth and final Christmas movie that came out in 1994. Others were The Ref, The Santa Clause, Miracle on 34th Street, and Trapped in Paradise.
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When Dr. Kinsky (Rob Reiner) is complaining about Vanessa (Michele Reiner) to Philip (Steve Martin), he mentions that she has twelve pillows, in all sorts of shapes, and at night, before they go to bed, they have to take all twelve pillows, and then in the morning they have to replace all the pillows, for no real purpose. This is the same routine that Ben Stiller and Jennifer Aniston go through in Polly et moi (2004).
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Haley Joel Osment: As the little boy who points up at Anthony LaPaglia's character near the end of the film, assuming he's Santa Claus. Osment appeared in Forrest Gump (1994) earlier that year alongside Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson's husband.
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