It's a sunny and mild January morning in the Miracle Mile area of Los Angeles, but inside the El Rey Theatre it's not only nighttime, but Christmas time. A hopping club scene isn't exactly what one would immediately think of when it comes to a movie bearing the title This Christmas, but that is the setting on this day of shooting, in which Claude Whitfield (Columbus Short), freshly home from the holidays while on leave from military service, gets into a bit of trouble. While Short, writer-director Preston A. Whitmore II, and a number of extras in their nicest nightlife attire roll camera on scenes leading up to a scuffle, Sharon Leal and Lauren London, who play two of Short's three on-screen sisters, spent a little of their down time to talk about the film, their characters, and their other work.
