EricLloyd

OH YEAH.

Actually, it kind of strengthened my belief in Santa.

My mom definitely didn't want to ruin that. So I knew, growing up, just from being in films, that films weren't real, but in my eyes, we were making a biopic of Santa in a way- we were just doing a movie about him. So when the first movie came out, they premiered it at the Arclight theater in Hollywood, and there used to be a parking lot where Amoeba Records is now, and they had a whole huge set up with a sled, they brought Santa in a helicopter, had a float with a whole bunch of mall santas - and when I got there, Rick Dees from the radio show flew in (who was supposed to be the "real Santa") from the North Pole in a helicopter. And on the way to the premiere, I told my mom in the limo how i was going to know if he was the real Santa or not.

I said "I sent him a letter asking him for this toy. But what I really want now is a kitten." So right then, my mom said "oh crap! I told him the toy!" So when we got to the premiere, my dad took me and my sister down the red carpet, and my mom ran to the first PA she could find, with a walkie, and said "You gotta radio the helicopter and tell Santa he wants a kitten!"

So when the first Santa came out of the helicopter and walked over to me, he leaned over and whispered in my ear "We're gonna have to get you that kitten!" And my mom said my face - my eyes went so wide-eyed. And I believed that was the REAL Santa for the next 5-6 years.

My mom was really good about keeping all those holiday things alive.

I actually thought about that. The past couple years, I was thinking how un-Christmas of a movie TSC is compared to Santa Movies. Now it's about hiding the world from the kids - the reason TSC is so great is because it deals with these intense issues in a very blunt way. He's a deadbeat dad, he's divorced, there are a lot of family issues people deal with around Christmas, so I think that's one reason the film has lasted so long is because it's SO real - versus some films that say "Oh it's Christmas! It's all sunshine & roses" when it's not necessarily in some people's lives.

Yeah, I'm not a huge milk fan. I'm actually slightly lactose intolerant. I had a lot of allergies as a kid. But when I went to Canada, there was a whole new set of pollens that really messed up my world when I was filming as younger. That's why my face is so fat on the cover, because i had to take Prednisone. AND on the cover that's actually not my body, or Tim Allen! It's some other kid standing behind a cutout of Tim Allen. And they just put my face on it. So they didn't have to pay me for another day.

This actually happened a lot back in the 90's. Probably still does.

HELL NO PLAIN MILK WAS NOT OKAY! I wanted chocolate milk!

It needs to be fixed again if anyone knows a snow globe specialist in LA: http://imgur.com/2Fi3JxB