Trivia

A dubbed version of this series, called "Kerst met Linus", was shown on Dutch public television by co-producer KRO for 10 years in a row, from December 2006 to December 2015. The tradition was revived in December 2020.

In 2022, the series could be watched on a number of Dutch public broadcasting channels: traditional scheduled daily television, the NPO Start and NPO Plus streaming channels, and the children's Zappelin website, mobile app and YouTube channel.

In 2013, seven years after the series, Anders Mordal reflected on his role as Marvin at a cast reunion organized by producer NRK. He said it was one of the nicest jobs he had in front of the camera, and how much joy it was acting out all the very well written stories in the script as the funny guy. "A lot of fathers recognize themselves in him. He is extremely childish, so other fathers may think that they are a little childish too", he remarked.

The show was the most expensive Norwegian children's series up to that point. It had a total budget of 28 million Norwegian kroner, roughly equivalent to US $4.5 million at the time. It took 213 days to shoot from January 2005 to March 2006, and a total of 18 months of post-production, partly overlapping with the shooting period. The long production time meant that, though the episodes are supposed to take place on 24 consecutive days, the producers had to deal with the leading children's growth spurts. Mild winter conditions forced the crew to bring in artificial snow.

The Norwegian village of Svingen (meaning 'the bend' in English) as it is shown in the series does not exist. The series was shot on location in Sørkedalen, part of the Oslo municipality. The local church, for instance, is the one featured here.

In the Dutch dubbing, the rival big city of Sletta was changed to Slatta, because the original happens to sound like a very rude word in the Netherlands.