The digital school newspaper in the film that Chief Lawton shows Principal Lucas is called "Panther News." The Panther was the high school mascot of writer/director Stephen Allen Gutierrez.
The car that Minka Romero (Jaeden Riley Juarez) drives is a 2008 Nissan Altima Coupe and belongs to writer/director Stephen Allen Gutierrez which he has had since his senior year of high school.
All the school scenes, police station scenes, and the hallway Chief Lawton walks down to confront the Santa Slayer were all shot inside of a church.
In the film, Minka and Jeremy's birthdays are a day apart from each other. In real life, Jaeden Riley Juarez (Minka) and Drew Pipkin (Jeremy) have birthdays a day apart from each other. Like the movie, Jaeden's birthday is the day before Drew's.
The trash can that Elise Chandler (Rachel Schott) is found in, is the same trash can that is used in the film, "Teenage Girl: Valerie's Holiday" that Valerie Perez throws her tools away in.