In April 2009, Kal Penn accepted the position of Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Liaison in the Obama administration when asked if his new job would mean no more Harold and Kumar films, he said, 'That's probably true for now. Six years have elapsed since Guantanamo Bay, leaving Harold and Kumar estranged from one another with very different families, friends and lives. Six years after their Guantanamo Bay adventure, stoner buds Harold Lee and Kumar Patel cause a holiday fracas by inadvertently burning down Harold's father-in-law's prize Christmas tree. Perez, who is angered when he discovers his Christmas tree is gone. In exchange for saving his life, Santa agrees to fly them back home in his sleigh, and reveals that he sent the package to reunite the friends. After filming was completed, Penn returned to the White House.
