Beth Broderick, who plays Pam Forrester (the mom in this movie), played Zelda Spellman (one of the Aunts) in the series Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996) starring Melissa Joan Hart.
Melissa Joan Hart and Mario Lopez previously co-starred in another Christmas TV movie, entitled Holiday in Handcuffs (2007).
The street view when Connie drives to Roy's Toys head office is in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The view is of the Centre Street bridge southbound headed straight to the Calgary Tower.
Scenes were also filmed in Bristol, Connecticut.
The Polka Band in the carnival scene wears traditional Polish highlander Goral Hats as a nod to New Britain, Connecticut's large Polish population. The city even has an officially designated Little Poland neighborhood.