“Jingle Bell Rock” dance scene from Mean girls is a millennial Christmas classic – but actually Lacey Chabert had a hard time getting through it.
“Dancing is not my strong point,” Chabert, 42, tells PEOPLE exclusively. Although she says she has since “become better” as she has had to dance in other films since 2004. Mean girlsone of her main memories of doing an exaggerated holiday dance was getting her steps mixed up.
“I just remember Mark Waters, the director, who is just wonderful, yelling, definitely more than once, ‘Cut. Lacey is unusual. Somebody help her.’ ” Chabert points out that her not-so-perfect dance “made sense,” because in the film her character, Gretchen, is given a new spot on stage moments before they start.
“I just remember every day in that movie laughing and trying not to laugh, trying not to break character,” she remembers. “And actually, when Gretchen accidentally threw the stereo off the stage, I remembered that we were genuinely laughing. If you look close enough, you can see I’m about to break down and laugh. It was such a fun scene to shoot.”
Chabertova Mean girls The Christmas moment was perhaps a small preview of her career, which has included dozens of Christmas movies, including 40 (so far) for Hallmark since then. Chabert says it’s her favorite time of year, although she didn’t intend for it to become so attached to the holidays.
“My happy place is Christmas Eve, when I was 5, 6 or 7 years old in Mississippi,” she says. That night, she and her siblings would sleep in the same room before “waking up super early” on Christmas Day. “[It’s] that feeling of going around the corner, seeing the tree lit up, seeing the presents that Santa brought, and my family being together all day, cooking and just enjoying each other’s company.”
Lacey Chabert in Hallmark’s ‘Celebrations with Lacey’.
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“I try to bring that feeling to the movies we’re making now, no matter what they’re about,” Hot Frosty says the star. “And now as a parent, to come full circle and see the magic of the season through my daughter’s eyes is so special, because I feel like I get to relive some of those fond memories.”
This holiday season, Chabert is teaming up with Russell Stover to help others make the holidays a little brighter. In the brand’s “Make Memories with Russell Stover” contest, she says, “You can talk about a past memory or one you’re planning to create, and you can enter to win a holiday trip for you and your family. And I love it because it will be an opportunity to make new memories.” Contestants can enter online for a chance to win a 2025 vacation getaway to New York, Vermont or Lake Tahoe.
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Lacey Chabert with Russell Stover.
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“I was so excited about the opportunity to partner with Russell Stover because it’s a brand that has been part of my family’s tradition since I was little.” Christmas quest star, who calls herself a “chocoholic,” says.
“I remember seeing the candy box on my grandparents’ dining room table, especially around the holidays, and being so excited about what was inside.” The actress also says that the first gift she gave her mom was “a little box of Russell Stover chocolates” that she saved her pocket money for. “I was so proud and excited about it, so it’s always been a special memory for me.”
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