<P> When looking for a place to build the set 15 weeks before filming began , Stover chose a parking lot of a former Boeing aircraft factory in Downey , California , about 15 miles away from downtown Los Angeles and in the midst of Downey Studios . The rest of the first three weeks were spent on designing the houses with assistance from construction coordinator David Elliott . In the next 12 weeks , hundreds of carpenters , plasterers and painters working built had built what would become the largest exterior set ever for a movie , being more than 700 feet long and including 16 houses . What Stover called `` the core five '' were the houses of the Kranks , the Frohmeyers , the Scheels , the Beckers and Trogdons , which he claimed had `` full ground floors that are dressed and you can see into . '' He also said that the second floor of the Kranks ' was built on a soundstage . Producer Michael Barnathan claimed that the set would later be available for other movies , TV series and commercials to use. However , due to health complaints from the locals over toxic residues from factory period and lack of profit , the studio closed in 2012 and was razed to build a mall . </P>
<P> When looking for a place to build the set 15 weeks before filming began , Stover chose a parking lot of a former Boeing aircraft factory in Downey , California , about 15 miles away from downtown Los Angeles and in the midst of Downey Studios . The rest of the first three weeks were spent on designing the houses with assistance from construction coordinator David Elliott . In the next 12 weeks , hundreds of carpenters , plasterers and painters working built had built what would become the largest exterior set ever for a movie , being more than 700 feet long and including 16 houses . What Stover called `` the core five '' were the houses of the Kranks , the Frohmeyers , the Scheels , the Beckers and Trogdons , which he claimed had `` full ground floors that are dressed and you can see into . '' He also said that the second floor of the Kranks ' was built on a soundstage . Producer Michael Barnathan claimed that the set would later be available for other movies , TV series and commercials to use. However , due to health complaints from the locals over toxic residues from factory period and lack of profit , the studio closed in 2012 and was razed to build a mall . </P>
where did they film christmas with the kranks
where did they film christmas with the kranks
a former Boeing aircraft factory in Downey , California , about 15 miles away from downtown Los Angeles and in the midst of Downey Studios
a former Boeing aircraft factory in Downey , California , about 15 miles away from downtown Los Angeles and in the midst of Downey Studios