As a result of the artistic decision to replace snow with bubbles, Candace Cameron Bure’s hair became weighed down with soap, her luxuriant locks “literally concrete,” according to the film’s director, Ron Oliver. It gets worse. “And she had soap in her mouth,” he told Insider, going on to recall that the bubble-blowing machine made so much noise that the performer was forced to return later and dub her lines, trying to match the same tone and energy that she had on the day when she likely felt like she’d just been brutally assaulted by Mr. Clean.
It wouldn’t be the holidays without a happy ending, though, so we’ll give you one. If you ever start to feel sorry for the performers in Hallmark’s never-ending carousel of Christmas movies, know that Oliver also has a secret way of keeping everyone in high spirits after their mouths are filled with soap: filling their mouths with delicious cocktails at a local Vancouver tiki bar instead.