-

Good ol' cousin Eddie a.k.a. Randy Quaid (Photo by Steve Schapiro/Corbis via Getty Images) 4 Christmas Comedies You Didn’t Know Had Sequels
There’s a such thing as spreading too much Christmas cheer
-

Betty Boop (Photo by LMPC via Getty Images) The Actress Who Voiced Betty Boop Was Also in ‘Christmas Vacation’
Prolific actress Mae Questel made her final appearance in the holiday classic
-

Karen and Frosty the Snowman (Photo by CBS/Courtesy of Getty Images) The Star of ‘Frosty the Snowman’ Had ‘At Least Three’ Secret Families, According to His Son
Jackie Vernon apparently had some skeletons in his closet
-

Billy Bob Thornton at the 'Bad Santa' premiere (Photo by Dave Benett/Getty Images) The Stand-Up Comedian Who Got Cut Out of ‘Bad Santa’
A famous comic was supposed to appear right after the opening credits
-

A scene from 'Home Alone' (Credit: 20th Century Fox) ‘Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animal’: The Old Movies in the ‘Home Alone’ Movies That Don’t Really Exist
A friendly reminder that you won’t find ‘Angels with Filthy Souls’ on streaming…or anywhere else
-

The leg lamp from 'A Christmas Story' (Credit: Monica Schipper) 4 Props From Christmas Comedies You Can Buy Replicas Of
Time to waste some of that Christmas cash
-

Peter Billingsley sits on Santa's lap in a scene from the film 'A Christmas Story' (Photo by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Getty Images) The Director of ‘A Christmas Story’ Also Directed a Gritty Christmas Slasher
Nine years earlier, Bob Clark put out a creepy holiday-themed horror movie
-

Winthrop and Valentine (Photo by Paramount/Getty Images) ‘Trading Places’ Has Become a Christmas Staple in Italy
Millions of Italians tune in to watch Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy every year
-

Joe Pesci (Photo by Bertrand LAFORET/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) Did Joe Pesci Almost Star in ‘Jingle All the Way’?
The ‘Goodfellas’ star was rumored to have been considered for Sinbad’s role
-

Dave Chappelle in 2004 (Photo by Scott Gries/Getty Images) How a ‘Chappelle’s Show’ Skit Ruined a 2005 Political Campaign
Not everyone saw the humor in Chappelle’s Rick James impression
-

Were the Three Stooges the original galaxy defenders? (Photo by Camerique/Getty Images) The Three Stooges Made a ‘Men in Black’ Movie First, and It Was Very Influential
The 1934 short inspired everyone from ‘Weird Al’ to Gene Simmons
-

GIzmo from 'Gremlins' (Photo by Warner Brothers/Getty Images)