Candy Cane Lane (2023)
Chris is a man on a mission to win his neighborhood's annual Christmas home decoration contest. After Chris inadvertently makes a deal with a mischievous elf named Pepper to better his chances of winning, she casts a magic spell that brings the 12 Days of Christmas to life, and wreaks havoc on the whole town. At the risk of ruining the holidays for his family, Chris, his wife Carol, and their three children must race against the clock to break Pepper's spell, battle deviously magical characters, and save Christmas for everyone.
Be careful what you wish for!
Nick Carver: After solving a simple math equation in his head: "Is that what y'all call Calculus?"
Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
(Studio)
El Segundo, California, USA
Hollywood, California, USA
(Universal Studios)
Colonial Street, Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
The toy carolers are vocal acapella group Pentatonix.
Filmed on the set of Desperate Housewives (2004)' fictional street: Wisteria Lane.
The Carvers' house was also used in the 2006 film "You, Me and Dupree."
Each Carver family member has a Christmas-related name: the father is Chris, the mother Carol, the son Nick, and the daughters Joy and Holly.
Interior shots of Kringles were filmed in the 360 degree "volume wall" in Studio 15 at Amazon Studios in Culver City.
Continuity
After Joy passes the relay baton to her teammate during the track meet and she's chasing the Lord a-Leaping with the ring, a close-up shows her running still holding the baton.
Factual errors
The list of prizes is obviously set up as a joke, but one of the prizes is 500 shares of Fry's Electronics: not only did Fry's go out of business in 2021, but it was also a privately-held company and no public shares ever existed.
Audio/visual unsynchronized
In the "twelve drummers drumming" scene, Nick speaks to the band leader but his mouth does not move.
At 144:34 the family responds to a ringing phone, but there is no sound effect of a phone ringing.