Netflix / Director: Steve Carr
A Merry Little Ex-Mas is a Netflix Christmas Romcom set in small-town Vermont. This is Kate’s (Alicia Silverstone) house. Much like Alicia, Kate is a dedicated vegan and lives a green lifestyle.
We used an existing house in Ontario for Kate’s exterior; we built the interior on stage. This is Kate’s living room.
The reverse of Kate’s living room
Kate’s family (Oliver Hudson, Wilder Hudson, Emily Hall, Derek McGrath, and Geoffrey Owens) gathered in Kate’s living room.
Kate (Alicia Silverstone) speaking with her family in her living room.
A surprise town Christmas party in Kate’s living room.
Surprise town Christmas party in Kate’s living room.
A view of the entry hall and living room with the kitchen beyond in Kate’s interior.
Front hallway in Kate’s interior.
Entry in Kate’s interior.
Kate (Alicia Silverstone) with her Christmas fling Chet (Pierson Fode) in the entry of her house.
The dining room in Kate’s interior, looking into her greenhouse beyond.
Kate (Alicia Silverstone) enjoying Christmas dinner with her family and friends (Melissa Joan Hart, Geoffrey Owens, Derek McGrath, Emily Hall, Timothy Innes, and Wilder Hudson).
Christmas dinner in Kate’s interior.
Christmas dinner in Kate’s interior.
A reverse of Kate’s (Alicia Silverstone) dining room with friends and family (Derek McGrath, Pierson Fode, and Melissa Joan Hart).
Kate’s kitchen.
Kate (Alicia Silverstone) wth Chet (Pierson Fode) in her kitchen.
Kate (Alicia Silverstone) enjoying breakfast with her family (Timothy Innes, Emily Hall, and Wilder Hudson) in her kitchen.
Kate’s family (Emily Hall, Alicia Silverstone, and Wilder Hudson) gearing up for a gingerbread contest in her kitchen, looking back toward her dining room.
The hyper-competent overachiever Kate’s entry in the family gingerbread contest.
Kate’s family (Wilder Hudson, Emily Hall, and Timothy Innes) in the dining room with a view of the kitchen beyond.
The whole back of the house is spanned by a greenhouse Kate built by enclosing an old covered porch. Kate is both an architect and a dedicated environmentalist. I wanted her to have a functional winter garden in keeping with her earthy ethos. I also thought it could serve as a symbolic oasis of warmth and life in the frigid Vermont winter, much like Kate herself.
A view of the greenhouse Kate built onto the back of her house. This served an extremely practical purpose for shooting as well. We connected the greenhouse with wide French doors into the house, creating a strong source of daylight inside what could be a dark, Tudor interior.
The reverse of Kate’s greenhouse.
Kate’s classic small-town Christmas exterior.
A closer look at Kate’s (Alicia Silverstone) exterior.
Kate is separated from her husband (Oliver Hudson), who does not share her environmental anxieties. We dressed Everett’s exterior to “horrify” her.
Kate (Alicia Silverstone) arrives for a party at Everett’s house.
The living room at Everett’s house.
The reverse of Everett’s house with Kate (Alicia Silverstone) receiving an expensive gift from Tess (Jamila Jamil), Everett’s flashy, big-city girlfriend.
The exterior of Holden’s Hardware as a blizzard blows into town.
Kate (Alicia Silverstone) imploring her family to get into the spirit at a Christmas tree farm.
The interior of the Christmas tree farm barn.
Another shot of the Christmas tree farm barn interior.
The cheerful Interior of the Bread Zeppelin bakery and coffee shop.
Another view of the Bread Zeppelin coffee shop.
