Tag: Christmas movies
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The Outlet Shoppes at Atlanta Star in “Noelle”
While the 2019 Disney+ movie Noelle was largely shot in the Vancouver area, The Outlet Shoppes in Atlanta (located at 915 Ridgewalk Parkway in Woodstock, Georgia) played a key role masquerading as Phoenix’s Desert Ridge Marketplace, where Santa’s daughter, Noelle (Anna Kendrick), crash lands with her reindeer during a last-minute attempt to save Christmas. You…
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The La Quinta Resort – Frank Capra’s Shangri-La of Script-Writing
The La Quinta Resort is where legendary director Frank Capra is said to have penned the screenplay for his Christmas classic It’s a Wonderful Life. Watch my latest reel to learn all about it! Fun fact – according to Reality Steve, the Golden Bachelor is set to tie the knot on the premises in January.
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“Christmas with the Kranks” Studio Locations
Since I have been on such a Christmas with the Kranks kick as of late, I thought I’d finish out this year’s Yuletide posts by blogging about the movie’s studio locations. The 2004 comedy was unusual in that it utilized the backlots of not one, not two, but three different L.A.-area studios! [ad] The main…
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Westside Pavilion from “Christmas with the Kranks”
Some cities know how to do Christmas right. Sadly, Palm Springs is not one of them. As I mentioned last year, the desert just seems to be lacking when it comes to Christmas décor. Yes, there are lights and garland strung in certain sections of our local mall and colorful wreaths hung from a few…
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The “It’s A Wonderful Life” Train Station
If there is anything I have learned over the past ten-plus years that I have lived in Southern California, it is that stalking tips often come from the most unlikely of places. Take for instance this past weekend. The Grim Cheaper’s father has long been a collector of model trains, so last Sunday afternoon the…
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The Martini House from “It’s A Wonderful Life”
As difficult as it may be to believe, even though I absolutely love Christmas and even though I am a huge film buff, up until this past weekend I had never in my life watched the 1946 holiday classic It’s A Wonderful Life. I know, I know, for a person like me, not having seen…
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Miracle on 34th Street
I wanted to publish this post on Christmas day, but unfortunately ran out of time. 🙁 Better late than never! Anyway, one of my all-time favorite Christmas movies is the 1947 film Miracle on 34th Street. So, of course, every December while in New York, I drag my boyfriend out to stalk the main filming…
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