Trivia

The film is based on John Grisham's book "Skipping Christmas". The original title is seen in the newspaper article after the tanning-salon incident. The title was changed to avoid confusion with Surviving Christmas (2004). Both movies were holiday comedies released the same year, and both were received poorly by critics.

Tom Poston's final film.

During filming, it was reported that the cast and crew had ingested over 10 pounds of fake snow.

The music score that plays when Luther Krank adds up digits on his calculator, "The Typewriter", was made famous in Who's Minding the Store? (1963), starring Jerry Lewis.

M. Emmet Walsh and Tom Poston were both recurring actors on Home Improvement (1991).