What Your Favorite Christmas Movie Stars Look Like Now
Spoiler alert: Some got hot.
Holiday season is in full swing, which means one thing: it's time to watch all of the Christmas movies. Before your next marathon, click through to see what your favorite characters from holiday classics look like now. Some are all grown up and some (looking at you, Chevy Chase) are more or less the same, which is definitely a good thing.
Macaulay Culkin, Home Alone
The former child star recently reprised his role as Kevin McCallister for a Google commercial that ran during the 2019 Super Bowl.
David Krumholtz, The Santa Clause
Krumholtz continued acting in Numbers and the Harold and Kumar movies. In July 2011, Krumholtz was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, but he's now cancer free.
Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Love Actually
Brodie-Sangster voiced Ferb in the popular Disney Channel show Phineas and Ferb, and went on to act in Game of Thrones and Maze Runner.
Olivia Olson, Love Actually
After playing Joanna, Olson went into voice acting, specifically for Vanessa Doofenshmirtz in Phineas and Ferb (alongside fellow Love Actually alum Thomas Brodie-Sangster) and Marceline the Vampire Queen in Adventure Time.
Peter Billingsley, A Christmas Story
Billingsley continued acting, but eventually shifted to working behind the scenes. In 2001, he was nominated for an Emmy for his work as the co-executive producer on the show Dinner for Five.
Mara Wilson, Miracle on 34th Street
Wilson continued to act throughout her childhood (remember Matilda and Mrs. Doubtfire?). She's still very into the idea of storytelling, but now her main medium is writing.
Eric Lloyd, The Santa Clause
Lloyd returned to acting in 2018 with the movie The Onyx of Wall Street. He also runs a cool production studio and is a guitarist for the band Radiomason.
Hallee Hirsh, The Ultimate Christmas Present
Hirsh graduated from UCLA in 2011, majoring in anthropology and minoring in Chinese. She's now a small-business owner and lives on a farm with her husband and daughter.
Jonathan Taylor Thomas, I'll Be Home For Christmas
Thomas continued playing Randy Taylor on Home Improvement after the release of this Christmas classic and recently made a guest appearance on Tim Allen's sitcom, Last Man Standing.
Liliana Mumy, The Santa Clause 2
Mumy appeared in Cheaper by the Dozen and went on to voice Myrtle in the Lilo & Stitch TV series. She currently plays the voice of Leni on Nickelodeon's The Loud House.
Taylor Momsen, How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Momsen went on to play Jenny Humphrey on Gossip Girl, but left the show to pursue her singing career.
Brenda Song, The Ultimate Christmas Present
Song stayed with Disney to play London Tipton on The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. She's currently starring on the Hulu original show, Dollface, and is dating another famous Christmas movie star, Macaulay Culkin.
David Gallagher, Richie Rich's Christmas Wish
Gallagher continued starring on 7th Heaven after his Christmas movie debut, and has since leaned into voice work for TV shows and video games.
Daniel Tay, Elf
Tay followed up the success of Elf—which was one of his first films!—with a few more movies, as well as voice work for video games. However, he hasn't been active in the industry since 2009.
Karolyn Grimes, It's a Wonderful Life
Grimes was in more than 16 films throughout her career as a child actress. However, her Hollywood career ended when her parents passed away when she was a teenager, and she went to live with her aunt.
Scott Schwartz, A Christmas Story
What happened to the kid who got his tongue stuck to the frozen flagpole? The former child star works as a sports and movie memorabilia expert and has had small roles in TV and movies since.
Julie Gonzalo, Christmas With the Kranks
Gonzalo snagged a role on Veronica Mars in 2006 and her role was reprised for the show's reboot this year. She was also in the remake of Dallas (as Pamela Rebecca Barnes) and currently has a reoccurring role on Supergirl.
Joseph Cross, Jack Frost
Cross starred in a few big projects after appearing in Jack Frost in 1998, including movies like Lincoln and Milk, as well as season 1 of Big Little Lies.
Margaret O'Brien, Meet Me in St. Louis
Her role as Tootie in Meet Me in St. Louis earned her an Academy Award for Outstanding Child Actress and, at the age of 82, O'Brien's still acting in movies and television to this day.
Tim Allen, The Santa Clause
Allen continues to voice Buzz Lightyear in the Toy Story franchise. Additionally, the comedian is currently starring in his own sitcom, Last Man Standing.
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