Scenes showing the shops and street of Christmas Land and the barn were shot at the Pioneer Village portion of Lagoon amusement park in Farmington, Utah.
In the scene showing Chicago's skyline this was an actual picture of Chicago's skyline taken from the North Shore along Lake Shore Drive looking southward.
The Hardware store used in Christmas Land is Riverton Hardware located on Redwood Rd in Riverton, UT. The hardware store's sign is also highly visible in the film.
The Christmas Land buyer in the movie is actor Richard Karn known as Al Borland in the TV comedy show Home Improvement (1991).