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Cast & Crew

Directed By

Written By

Shauna Cross
written by
Glenn Ficarra
based on characters created by
John Requa
based on characters created by

Cast

Kathy Bates
Sunny Soke
Tony Cox
Marcus Skidmore
Christina Hendricks
Diane Hastings
Brett Kelly
Thurman Merman
Ryan Hansen
Regent Hastings
Jenny Zigrino
Gina De Luca
Mike Starr
Jolly Santa
Ranee Lee
Choirmaster
Selah Victor
Breast Feeding Mom
Lombardo Boyar
Valet Boss
Dean Hagopian
Costume Greeter
Marc-André Boulanger
Tattooed Jail Dude
Sean Devine
Jail Guard
Maria Herrera
Bus Driver
Christopher Tyson
AA Meeting Jason
Tyrone Benskin
AA Group Leader
Bineyam Girma
Pedicab Driver
Arthur Holden
Buttslap Santa
David Correa
Peeing Boy
Violet Reid
Grand Rapids Girl
Ethan Caminsky
Video Game Boy
Daniela De Gregorio
Stuffed Cow Girl
Piper Davies
Penguin Girl
Noah Tran
Hand Grenade Boy
Kyle Switzer
Angry Drugstore Worker
Huntington Daly
Mustang Owner
Linda Joyce Nourse
Volunteer Greeter
Frank Fiola
Bartender
Jason Cavalier
Chicago Policeman
Vlad Stokanic
Santa Con Bouncer
Richard Elias Anderson
Santa Con Bouncer
Dany Wiseman
Piano Player
Nora Allison
Giving City Children's Choir
Charlotte Birdgenaw
Giving City Children's Choir
Atouel Chertkoft
Giving City Children's Choir
Gabriel Dodin
Giving City Children's Choir
Simon Julien
Giving City Children's Choir
Alexandre Mikaelian
Giving City Children's Choir
Adora Nina Okeke-Marchand
Giving City Children's Choir
Joséphine van Dongen
Giving City Children's Choir
Zéphyr Bielinski
Giving City Children's Choir
Mako Capuano
Giving City Children's Choir
Kim Colsell
Giving City Children's Choir
Olivier Garberi
Giving City Children's Choir
Ciara Garcia L'Éclair
Giving City Children's Choir
Leanne Montplaisir
Giving City Children's Choir
Chloé Sheperd
Giving City Children's Choir
Layth Winter
Giving City Children's Choir
Alyssia Roy Bilodeau
Giving City Children's Choir
Lou Chalifoux-Chabot
Giving City Children's Choir
Loujayn Dahoui
Giving City Children's Choir
Willa Jones
Giving City Children's Choir
Kiara Webwe Lemieux
Giving City Children's Choir
Tobias Grether Murray
Giving City Children's Choir
Diana Tovar
Giving City Children's Choir
Jonathan Zitouni
Giving City Children's Choir
Donald Charest
Security Guard H. Scott
Kevin Fyfe
Young Willie
Josh Harp
Bad Tinder Date
Philippe Hartmann
Jingle Bells Man
Christine Mao
Chinese Gangbanger
Galia Oliel-Sabbag
Skater Girl in Park
Tunde Pellicola
Recital Guest
Maxime Rioux
Arresting Officer #2
Kevin Roditeli
Drunk Fake Santa
Heather Sanderson
Xmas Prostitute
Terry F. Smith
Bad Tinder Date
Keven Stever-Levesque
Arresting Officer #1
Nathaly Thibault
Mother with Twin Girls

Produced By

Zanne Devine
executive producer
Steve Ecclesine
line producer: additional photography
Doug Ellin
executive producer
Adam Fields
executive producer
Andrew Gunn
producer
Daniel Hammond
executive producer
Gabriel Hammond
executive producer
Jeffrey Lampert
co-producer
David Thwaites
executive producer
Jessica Tuchinsky
executive producer
Mark Waters
executive producer

Cinematography

Theo van de Sande
director of photography

Sound

Anna Behlmer
re-recording mixer
Paul Bercovitch
dialogue editor
Edmond J. Coblentz Jr.
sound effects editor
Stephen de Oliveira
playback operator
Paul Drenning
adr mixer
Alexis Duceppe
sound assistant
Eric Flickinger
re-recording mix technician
Dan Hegeman
sound effects editor
David Jobe
foley mixer
Ariane Laliberté
sound assistant
Dawn Lunsford
foley artist
John Morris
sound effects editor
Louis Piche
boom operator
Terry Porter
re-recording mixer
Simon Poudrette
production sound mixer
Luke Schwarzweller
additional sound recordist
Alicia Stevenson
foley artist
Becky Sullivan
supervising sound editor
Gayle Wesley
first assistant sound editor
Jay Wilkinson
sound effects editor

Makeup

Merribelle Anderson
key hair: additional photography
Alexandra Anger
special makeup effects artist: additional photography
Marianne Bobet
extras assistant makeup artist
Stephanie Bravo
key makeup: additional photography
Christophe Giraud
makeup artist
Kathy Kelso
key extras makeup artist
Catherine Laniel
extras makeup
Anne-Marie Lanza
key extras hair stylist
Matthew W. Mungle
prosthetic makeup designer: additional photography
Cynthia Patton
hair stylist
Colleen Quinton
head of makeup department
Sian Richards
personal hair stylist: Mr. Thornton, additional photography / personal makeup artist: Mr. Thornton, additional photography
Ronald J. Rolfe
head of hair: stylist department
Keith Sayer
hair stylist: Mr. Thornton / makeup artist: Mr. Thornton
Sarah Tremblay
assistant hair stylist
Sabrina Trudel
assistant makeup artist / extra assistant make-up
Alvaro Bleck
speciality f/x tattoo
Audrey Lampron
hair stylist
Nathalie Legault
speciality f/x tattoo
Camiel McLean
assistant makeup artist
Koji Ohmura
special effects makeup lab technician
Nathalie Richard
assistant hair stylist
Vague Vartanian
speciality f/x tattoo

Special Effects

Gaspar Brabant
special effects floor manager
Francis Choquette
best boy special effects: technician
Louis Craig
special effects supervisor
Anthony Delzio
snow effects
André Fortin
special effects technician
Carole Gauthier
special effects coordinator
Luc Labonté
assistant special effects technician
Jacques Langlois
special effects pyro technician
Louis Lhomel
assistant special effects technician
Pascal Pelletier
assistant special effects technician
Nicolas Poulin
special effects technician
Eliot W. Smith
assistant special effects technician
Richard Stutsman
special effects: additional photography

Visual Effects

Philippe Bienvenue
visual effects coordinator: Rodeo FX
Robert Bock
on set vfx supervisor: Rodeo FX
Rachel Bouchard
matchmove artist: Rodeo FX
Francis Clément
on-set data wrangler: Rodeo FX
Didier Coup-Fabiano
rotoscope artist: Rodeo FX
Vanessa Delarosbil
digital compositor: Rodeo FX
Etienne Deshaies
digital compositor: Rodeo FX
Alan Fregtman
pipeline td: Rodeo FX
Thibaud Galbois
visual effects coordinator: Rodeo FX
Isabelle Langlois
vice president of production: Rodeo FX
Nicolas Laprise Pellicelli
digital compositor: Rodeo FX
Francis Larouche
digital compositor: Rodeo FX
Daniel Lavoie
visual effects producer: Rodeo FX
François Le Bastard
digital compositor: Rodeo FX
Amaury Matu
pipeline td
Andre U. Montambeault
visual effects supervisor: Rodeo FX
Sébastien Moreau
visual effects executive producer: Rodeo FX
Jonathan Niquet
pipeline td: Rodeo FX
Philippe Pelletier
digital compositor: Rodeo FX
Etienne Poulin St-Laurent
matchmove supervisor: Rodeo FX
Jordan Soles
vice president of development: Rodeo FX
Jeremy St-Amant
matchmover: Rodeo FX
Cedric Tremblay
digital compositor: Rodeo FX
Marjolaine Tremblay
visual effects bidding producer: Rodeo FX
Pierre-Hugues Vachon
digital compositor: Rodeo FX
Luciano Vittori Jr.
title designer
Hui-wen Wu
digital compositor: Rodeo FX

Assistant Director

Dominique Gaglione D'Amico
additional assistant director
Renato De Cotiis
second assistant director
Ron Dempsey
second assistant director: additional photography
Anik Drapeau
second second assistant director
Gabriel Guerin
additional third assistant director
Nathalie Lacoste
third assistant director
Audrey D. Laroche
additional third assistant director
David McKeown
second unit director
Joel Jeffrey Nishimine
first assistant director: additional photography
Natalia Ortelli
third assistant director
Michael Risner
second second assistant director: additional photography
Andrew Shea
first assistant director
Tanya van Blokland
additional third assistant director

Production Management

Didier Communaux
unit manager
Elaine Dysinger
unit production manager: additional photography
Victor Moyers
head of production: Broad Green Pictures
Lisa Rodgers
post-production supervisor
Hélène Ross
production manager
Jason Tobias
post production executive: Broad Green Pictures

Art Department

Serge Archambault
head scenic painter
Carole Arpin
on set assistant: props
Marjorie Beauchamp
scenic painter
Myriam Belanger
assistant set decorator
Antoine Bianchi
greens foreman
Renée Boulais
on-set painter
Michel Brochu
construction superviser / construction supervisor
Scott Buckwald
assistant props
Stéphane Caron
scenic technician
Frederic Chamoro
scenic technician
Jocelyn Charbonneau
scenic technician
Anouk Chénier
assistant art department coordinator
Charles Cisneros
set dresser
Michel Clément
first assistant art director
Daniel Columbie
prop designer
Christian Corvellec
scenic painter
Louis Frederic Denomme
scenic technician
Luc-Eric Duhamel
scenic technician
Jeff Duheme
carpenter
Garry Faucher
carpenter
Brian Ferguson
set dresser
Jean Gagnon
set designer
Vincent Morin Gagnon
scenic technician
Steve Garça
carpenter
David Gaucher
set designer
Sébastien Gervais
scenic technician
Georgia Giannopoulos
third assistant art director
Etienne Gravrand
set designer
Marie-Eve Groleau
scenic painter
Marie-Claude Guay
property buyer
Martin Handfield
on set: key property master
Jose Holder
storyboard artist
Luc Houle
scenic technician
Marc-Andre Jalbert
scenic technician
Helene Lamarre
art department coordinator
Daniel Larose
carpenter
Marco Lavallée
scenic technician
Marie-France Lavoie
scenic painter
Diane Legris
key property master
Carl Lessard
supervising graphic designer
Jose Letourneau
assistant head scenic painter
Nancy Lowry
set dresser
Andre Lux
carpenter
Sylvain Masson
scenic painter
Guy Ouimet
carpenter
René Patenaude
scenic painter
Joelle Pobjoy
assistant set decorator
Paulo Quintans
assistant on set props
Remi Richard
carpenter
Mark Richardson
prop master: additional photography
Benoit Robitaille
on set scenic: technician
Georges Samuel
set dresser
Bob Santaella
leadman: additional photography
Jerome Zurfluh
set dresser

Stunts

Rodney Alexandre
stunt: Santa
Abdul Ayoola
stunt: Santa
Marc-Andre Brisebois
stunt: stiltwalker Santa
Annie Carignan
stunt: Santa
Ruth Chiang
stunt: Santa
Flint Eagle
stunt: Santa
François Gauthier
stunt cop driver
Mickey Giacomazzi
stunt co-cordinator: additional photography / stunt double: Willy
Jere Gillis
stunt skater
Nathalie Girard
stunt: Santa
Tyler Hall
stunt cop driver / stunt rigger
Roy Johnson
stunt double: Marcus
Stéphane Julien
stunt: Santa
Patrick Kerton
stunt rigger
Kelsey Lafleur
stunt skater
Flavie Lauzon
stunt kid
Jeremy Lavalley
stunt double: Thurman
Mateo Massari
stunt kid
David McKeown
stunt coordinator
Dorenda Moore
stunt coordinator: additional photography
Marie Laurence Paquin
stunt double: Sunny
Clarrel Pope
stunt performer
Hilary Porter
stunt double: Sunny
Michael Scherer
stunt driver
Pierre-André Sigouin
stunt double: Jolly Santa
Mitch Spour
stunt skater
Alex Stines
stunt double
John Thaddeus
stunt double: Billy Bob Thornton
Martin Williams
key stunt rigger

Editorial

Lisa Aquilino
post-production assistant
Matt Blackshear
digital intermediate editor
Robert Bowman
digital intermediate assist
Griffith Davies
digital intermediate assist
Manny Dubon
digital intermediate editor
Josh Fapp
digital intermediate assist
Freddy Hernandez
digital intermediate producer
Hunter Hill
post-production coordinator
Danny Keefe
digital intermediate assist
Steve La Ponsie
first assistant editor
Megan Pollin
post-production coordinator
Richard Saulnier II
assistant editor
Ian Vertovec
digital intermediate colorist

Other

Marc Arsenault
driver: Kathy Bates
Marc-André Bergeron
specialized driver
Eric Brais
assistant picture car coordinator
Claude Bélanger
production office driver
Pierre Olivier Chénard
transportation coordinator
Frédèric Côté
specialized driver
Sean Erman
transportation captain: additional photography
Philippe Gilbert
transportation captain
Bernard Guay
unit driver
Réal Hamel
picture cars coordinator
André Laforest
specialised driver
Craig Lietzke
transportation coordinator: additional photography
Steven Anthony Martinez
production driver: los angeles
Martin Patrice
specialized driver
Denis Raymond
assistant picture car coordinator
Pierre Rivard
specialized driver
Spiro Tsovras
driver: Billy Bob Thornton

Music Department

Christine Bergren
music clearance and legal
Sebastian C. Besquet
keyboards and programming / orchestrations
Mario Calire
drums: percussion
John W. Chapman
score mixer
Stephen de Oliveira
production music recordist
Jay Doolittle
protools operator
Lasse Elkjær
music preparation
Chris Fogel
score mixed by
Victor Indrizzo
drums: percussion
Kory Kruckenberg
recording engineer
Matt Laug
drums: percussion
Geoff Lawson
assistant orchestrator
Tracy McKnight
music supervisor
Ed Mitchell
production: Christmas songs
David Sabee
music contractor
Patrick Warren
piano: keyboards
Lyle Workman
guitar: bass, keyboards, percussion, engineering / orchestrations

Casting Department

Rodney Alexandre
extras casting
Adam Bernett
casting associate: Montreal
Wendy Hoffman
adr voice casting
Ashley Lambert
adr voice casting
Beth Lipari
casting associate: USA
Johanne Titley
extras casting
Patricia Walker
extras casting assistant

Costume Department

Fabienne April
costume supervisor
Johanne Baril
extras dresser
Josée Boisvert
wardrobe mistress
Clifton Davis Clarke
stylist: FOR PROMOS
Mari-Philippe Comeau
wardrobe technician
Joelle Daoust
costume: receptionist
Martine Gagnon
assistant costume designer
Natasha Gale
key costumer: additional photography
Catherine Gélinas
key cast costumer
Katina Kordonouris
assistant dresser
Catherine Leboeuf
assistant dresser
Grégoire Levasseur
specialized wardrobe technician
Erick Nyhuis
wardrobe technician
Claudia Ruel
extras dresser
Ginette Régis
personal dresser: for Mr. Thornton
Viriya Say
seamstress
Jean David Serafino
extras dresser
Myriam St-Louis
cast costumer
Rafaël Thibodeau
extras dresser
Raquel Torres
assistant wardrobe mistress
Jackie Williams-Baird
wardrobe production assistant

Camera Department

Steve Adcock
a camera operator: additional photography
Francois Archambault
camera operator: "a" camera / steadicam operator
Herman Asph
first assistant camera chicago unit
Eric Aubin
a camera second assistant
Eli Berg
digital imaging technician: additional photography
David Bergeron
board operator
Christian Bertrand
best boy rigging electric
Xavier Boisvert
daily electric
Gunther Campine
still photographer
Charles Castonguay
assistant video assist operator
Benoit Daoust
rigging grip
Pierre Daudelin
best boy electric
Archour Dermoune
rigging electric
Simon Desrochers-Laplante
video assist operator
David Erickson
b camera assistant
Rocky Ford
key grip: additional photography
René Fréchette
c camera second assistant
Martin Gagnon
rigging grip
Maxime Gagnon
focus puller: "b" camera
Julie Garceau
digital imaging technician
Mark Gerasimenko
aerial director of photography
Joël Giroux
rigging electric
Rémi Giroux
best boy grip
Stephen Goyens
rigging electric
Jack Guberman
lamp operator
Laurent Alexis Guertin
b camera second assistant
Josh Hackney
set electrician
Jay Hardie
a camera second assistant
Steven Hardt
lamp operator
Dennis Ivarsson
rigging electric
John Jaramillo
rigging grip
Ariane Jonassen
c camera focus puller
Chris Kovalski
best boy grip
Bernard Larivière
key rigging grip
Jean-François Larivière
best boy rigging grip
Benoit Leduc
rigging grip
Patrick Lima
b camera: dolly grip
Brad MacLean
a dolly grip
Charles Marcotte
lighting technician
Peter Mathys
key rigging gaffer
Daniel Moise
libra head operator
Gary Pachany
a camera focus puller
Paul Paguyo
lamp operator
Jeremy Paige
still photographer
Felix Pineiro
second assistant camera: Chicago unit
Dany Prévost
rigging electric
Justin Quach
a camera assistant
Patrick Romero
b camera second assistant
Maurice Roy
c camera operator
Réal Saulnier
genny operator
Ryan Sirles
key rigging grip
Cameron Smith
best boy electric
Stephane Sorenson
rigging electric
Sean Sweeney
dailies technician / data management technician
Jan Thijs
still photographer
Anatol Treba
video playback supervisor
Hugues Tremblay
b camera operator
Nathanael Vorce
b camera operator: additional photography
Dave Wightman
first assistant camera: Chicago
Elan Yaari
gaffer: additional photography

Location Management

Kim Beaudoin
assistant location manager
Lorraine Boily
location scout
Ralph Coleman
location manager: additional photography
Maryse Desrosiers
assistant location manager
Josée Francis
key assistant location manager
Denton Hanna
location manager: additional photography: Arizona
Patrick Laurendeau
assistant location manager
Bruno Lemire
location scout
Mélanie Lessard
assistant location manager
Aicha Raihani
assistant location manager
Brigitte Renaud
location scout
Jeff Rubinstein
assistant location manager: additional photography
Michèle St-Arnaud
location manager
Linda Torino Tondreau
assistant location manager

Script Department

Elena Antzon
script supervisor: additional photography
Isabelle Faivre-Duboz
script supervisor
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