19 Details From Christmas Movies That You Probably Didn’t Notice

1.The Netflix holiday movies contain many cross-overs and nods to each other. For instance, in The Knight Before Christmas, Madison holds an acorn ornament that she says her parents picked up on "their trip to Aldovia" — calling back to the acorn ornament in the Christmas Prince movies.

2.Meanwhile, A Christmas Prince's Amber and Richard (and their baby) actually attend Margaret's coronation in The Princess Switch 2.

3.And Count Simon pops up in The Princess Switch 3.

4.Plus, two characters from The Princess Switch — Frank and Ms. Donatelli — show up in A Castle for Christmas, apparently on a couple's vacation.

5.The signs in the background of The Muppet Christmas Carol are full of Easter eggs — for instance, Grapes Tavern is a real place Charles Dickens frequented, Statler and Waldorf refers to the famous muppets who play the Marleys in this movie, and Micklewhite's refers to Michael Caine's birth name.

6.Elf features a bunch of references to other iconic Christmas movies. Buddy's costume is a nod to Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

7.And the snowman Buddy talks to is another Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer homage.

8.Gimbels, where Buddy gets a job, was a real store, but it closed years before the movie's release — its inclusion was a nod to the role the store plays in Miracle on 34th Street.

9.In Arthur Christmas, Steve steps on a Shaun the Sheep doll, another Aardman Animations character.

10.In Gremlins, one of the titular creatures emerges from a pile of stuffed toys, including an E.T. doll — the scene references the soft toy moment in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, which was also produced by Steven Spielberg.

11.Speaking of Spielberg, he has a cameo in the movie, along with composer Jerry Goldsmith.

12.In It's a Wonderful Life, Zuzu's name is taken from a cookie that was popular at the time — Zu Zu Gingersnaps, which George references when he calls his daughter "my little gingersnap."

13.In How the Grinch Stole Christmas, there's a Horton statue on the clock tower, a nod to another Dr. Seuss title, Horton Hears a Who.

14.Director Ron Howard also has a cameo in the movie.

15.In The Santa Clause, there are elves hidden amongst the children — apparently keeping tabs on Scott and Charlie after their first North Pole visit.

16.And there are Mickey Mouse images hidden in scenes throughout the whole Santa Clause series.

17.In the original Miracle on 34th Street, the reindeer are listed as Kris Kringle's next of kin — including Donder's correct name (not "Donner" as she's commonly called).

18.In Meet Me in St. Louis, Esther mentions the family lives at 5135 Kensington Avenue. "5135 Kensington" was the name of the story by Sally Benson published in the New Yorker that the movie is based on.

19.Finally, in Home Alone, Marv collects snow globes from the houses the Wet Bandits rob — you can see his collection in the van.