Christmas Movie Fun Facts Better than Any Gift Under the Tree

The holiday season is right around the corner, which means it's time for hot cocoa and Christmas movies, but there’s so much more behind the scenes of these Hollywood seasonal classics. Did you know that Charlie Brown ended the sales of aluminum Christmas trees? Or about Bruce Willis' injury on the set of Die Hard?  Read on to find out the hidden holiday secrets of these famous festive films…

The Greatest Gift

Phillip Van doren couldn’t sell his short story “The Greatest Gift” to publishers. He eventually just put the story on 200 christmas cards and gave them out to his friends during the holiday season. One of those cards made its way to David Hempsted who bought the rights and made it into It’s A Wonderful Life.

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The More You Know

  • The Eiffel Tower was inaugurated the same year Nintendo was founded.
  • Tears contain a natural painkiller, which reduces pain and improves your mood.
  • A typical cloud weighs around 1.1 million pounds.
  • People don’t sneeze in their sleep due to their brain shutting down the reflex.
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