© 2020 Credit: Philippe Bosse.’Tis the season for heartwarming Christmas movies featuring former stars of Full House!
Jodie Sweetin does her part in Lifetime’s Merry Swissmas (Saturday, Nov. 5, at 8pm ET/PT), where she plays Alex, a Chicago architect who travels to Switzerland to spend the holidays with family and friends at her mother’s new inn. While there, Alex gets introduced to Swiss Christmas customs, learns to let go of old grudges and finds a handsome single dad to kiss … eventually.
“They are very, very strict with how many kisses are allowed,” Sweetin says of the Christmas rom-com genre. “You’ve got to have the buildup moments of tension for the payoff moments at the end.”
Sweetin made the buildup worth the wait for this edition of our “5 Questions.”
1. There’s no fake snow in Merry Swissmas. Did you really film this in winter?
It was February, and we were north of Montreal in the Laurentian Mountains. It was absolutely stunningly beautiful there. All that snow was 100% real. We got a ton of snow when we were shooting, and there were night shoots out there that were cold. This California girl was not prepared for it, but the Christmas vibe that comes off of it with the real snow is just magical.
2. Did you get to go down the hill in the sledding scenes?
I got to do the sledding hill! It was really fun. It was really fast, and we sent some crew members down before and we had our stunt guys and everything. Everyone was kind of a big kid for the day when we were doing the sledding scene.
3. Where do you stand on the subject of ugly Christmas sweaters?
I love nothing more than a good ridiculous Christmas sweater. When I decorate my house for Christmas, I have two Christmas trees, and I am slightly obnoxious about the decorating. So go for it! Wear the ugly sweater! Rock it!
4. What’s the coolest Christmas gift you’ve ever received?
In my 20s, we were joking about Christmas presents, and I said how I always wanted that Barbie motor home, but Santa could never quite get his hands on it. So that year, as a joke, my mom bought me the Barbie motor home! Of course, because she works at a school, we turned around and donated it.
5. Do you have any fond memories of the Full House Christmas specials?
I remember the one we did when the family gets stuck in the Reno airport, I think maybe the first season. We get stuck at the airport and Santa comes. I think Uncle Jesse falls asleep on the conveyor belt and winds up outside. It was something ridiculous. There were plenty of ugly Christmas sweaters to go around, that’s for sure.
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