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How the Grinch Stole Christmas has more — um — adult jokes than I remembered.
1. In How the Grinch Stole Christmas, when a couple received their baby, there was a joke about the wife having an affair.
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2. Also, in How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the Grinch's adoptive moms were having a swingers party when the Grinch arrived in a basket.
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3. In Frozen 2, Elsa walked through the memories of the past and saw her parents. In the memories, her father was reading a book by a new Danish author, and the cover of the book had a silhouette of The Little Mermaid.
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4. In Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Hermey is human, which is why he doesn't fit in with the other elves.
5. In The Santa Clause, there was a boy with pointy ears sitting behind Charlie in his classroom during the Career Day presentations. His pointy ears signified that he was an elf.
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6. In The Polar Express, the Christmas tree at the North Pole stands on a compass that points south in all directions.
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7. In Home Alone 2, Fuller wore the same coat that Kevin wore in the first Home Alone film, implying that Kevin grew out of the coat and it was handed down to Fuller.
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8. In The Polar Express, a protest sign said, "Say yes to Lone Pine Mall construction," which was a reference to the Lone Pine Mall in Back to the Future. Both movies were directed by Robert Zemeckis.
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9. In Christmas With the Kranks, Luther and Nora wore the same swimsuits as the people in the ad that inspired them to go on vacation.
10. In The Nightmare Before Christmas, the Evil Queen from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was sitting in the back row of the town meeting scene.
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11. In Elf, the costumes were based on the elves' outfits from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
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12. In Santa Clause 3, they had a beverage called Red Deer, which was clearly a reference to Red Bull.
14. In Home Alone, the pizzeria the McAllisters ordered from was called Little Nero's Pizza, which was a reference to the real-life Little Caesars Pizza.
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15. In The Polar Express, there was a quick shot showing a statue of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
17. In Home Alone, Daniel Stern wore fake feet during a scene where he was walking outside "barefoot."
18. In Four Christmases, Peter Billingsley (Ralphie from A Christmas Story) made a cameo as a front desk employee at the airport.
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19. And in Just Friends, the snowman’s smile turned into a frown after the front yard had been destroyed.
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