Netflix has started to reveal its Christmas lineup, and fans of holiday movies are in for a treat. One of their new Christmas movies features the return of an iconic actress, skiing-induced amnesia, and perfectly-timed mistletoe. Falling for Christmas is the next in a line of popular films that include The Princess Switch trilogy, The Christmas Prince trilogy, and one-offs like Operation Christmas Drop and Love Hard.

The movie was first announced by Netflix on Twitter, with Variety exclusively confirming the details on the same day in 2021. Janeen Damian (Much Ado About Christmas, The Christmas Waltz) directed the film and wrote it alongside Michael Damian (A Princess for Christmas), Jeff Bonnett (Love by the Book), and Ron Oliver (The Housewives of the North Pole).

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Executive producers for the film include the director, Steve Berman (A Castle for Christmas, The Princess Switch 3), Eric Jarboe (The Knight Before Christmas, Operation Christmas Drop), Amanda Phillips (A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby, Holiday in the Wild), Jimmy Townsend (Sense, Sensibility & Snowmen, Christmas in Rome), and David M. Wulf​​​​​​​ (The Christmas Bow, Christmas Tree Lane), with Michael Damian​​​​​​​ and Brad Krevoy (The Great Christmas Switch) acting as producers.

Pack your snowsuit as we prepare to head down the mountain (safely, this isn’t a scary holiday movie) to share all the information we have on Falling for Christmas.

Falling for Christmas: The Plot

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Sierra Belmont (Lindsay Lohan) has a life many people dream of. She’s the daughter of a hotel mogul and has never had to want for anything. Though, she wants people to know her by more than her name, accordingly to the trailer’s voiceover. Maybe the character was inspired by a famous woman with the name of a French city with a large social media following.

Sierra is having the Christmas of her life. Her boyfriend Tad (George Young) takes her skiing and proposes at the top of the mountain. Isn’t that romantic? Their happiness is short-lived, though, as she backslides off the mountain, falling down into the unknown. Thankfully, someone in a sleigh finds her and takes her to a hospital.

She has no identification on her, and the fall has caused amnesia. While she seems to remember some things about life in general, like that hotels typically have room service, she can’t remember who she is or how she ended up at the bottom of the mountain. Jake (Chord Overstreet), a local lodge owner, takes her in while she recovers.

She helps out at the lodge, even learning how to make a bed, while she waits for her memory to come back or for her loved ones to find her, whichever comes first. But her family doesn’t find her right away. A scene in the trailer shows her father demanding people find his daughter, but it seems to take some time before she’s reunited with Tad. In that time, it looks like she and Jake connect, and Sierra is forced to make a decision about what kind of life she’d like to lead: living in the small town or going back to the lavish life she’s used to.

Falling for Christmas: The Cast

Lindsay Lohan stars as Sierra Belmont. Audiences may recognize the actress from the work of her youth, like The Parent Trap, Freaky Friday, and Mean Girls. Her later work includes Sick Note and The Canyons, along with the stage show Speed-the-Plow. Chord Overstreet plays Jake. The actor is well-known for his role in the series Glee, but he’s also had guest roles in The Bold Type, iCarly, and Regular Show.

Other cast members include George Young (Malignant, Containment) as Tad, Jack Wagner (General Hospital, The Bold and the Beautiful) as Beauregard Belmont, Olivia Perez (In the Heights) as Avy​​​​​​​, Alejandra Flores (Better Call Saul, Sons of Anarchy) as Alejandra Carlisle, Chase Ramsey (Yellowstone, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) as Terry Carver​​​​​​​, Sean J. Dillingham (Yellowstone, Brooklyn Nine-Nine) as Ralph​​​​​​​, Antonio D. Charity (Danger Force, The Orville) as Sheriff Borden, Blythe Howard (Mindhunter) as Dr. Layla Monroe​​​​​​​, and Kate Rachesky (The Divergent Series: Insurgent) as Heather.

Release Date

The movie will be available to stream starting November 10, 2022.

Everything Else We Know

Falling for Christmas marks Lindsay Lohan’s major return to acting and her first project with Netflix as part of a two-film deal. Announced in March by Netflix, the streamer confirmed the holiday film was the first project. The second project is the romantic comedy Irish Wish, which follows a wedding in Ireland. Producer Michael Damian confirmed on Twitter in September that it is currently in production.

While you wait for the holiday movie season to begin, check out another Christmas movie hitting Netflix this year.