According to Connecticut State Tourism:
Connecticut knows how to do Christmas. In fact, Connecticut is brimming with so much Christmas charm, it’s become a go-to backdrop for holiday films by Hallmark, Netflix, and Lifetime with 22+ Christmas Movies filmed in Connecticut to date. Immerse yourself in holiday magic with a journey through the state, exploring the picture perfect towns where holiday movies come to life. Get ready to feel like you’re starring in your very own holiday movie!
Say what you will about Christmas themed movies – that they are saccharin-sweet, too wholesome, formulaic – but they have fans. Many fans. And, what do people also love? Visiting places where movies are filmed.
Nothing says Holiday Season like a slew of sappy Christmas Movies. So, why not show off Connecticut’s many charms while capitalizing on the popularity of both?
That was the impetus behind the Connecticut Christmas Movie Trail, created for those who love the season, love these holiday films, and love traveling together to get in the holiday spirit. Check out the movie and filming locations below, and follow this CT Christmas Movie Trail map to see your favorites.
Although you can go any time of year, it’s best to visit in December throught February, when there’s a better chance of snow, you’ll have to bundle up, and the inns and B&B’s are extra cozy.
You’ll find most of these film locations in our Best Romantic Getaways in CT post, but if you’re looking for more to do under each movie listing, just click on the respective link.
CT Christmas Movie Trail
- ONE ROYAL HOLIDAY (Hallmark)
Woodstock, Putnam, Hartford - SOUL SANTA (BET): Norwich
- A HOLIDAY IN HARLEM (Hallmark)
Hartford, East Hartford - WALLY LAMB’S WISHIN’ & HOPIN’ (Lifetime)
Norwich, Willimantic - HOLIDAY FOR HEROES (Hallmark)
Stonington, Norwich, Mystic,
Colchester, Waterford, New London - CHRISTMAS ON HONEYSUCKLE LANE (Hallmark)
Filmed at the Silas W Robbins House in Wethersfield - GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS ALWAYS (Hallmark)
Hartford, Wethersfield, West Hartford - A VERY MERRY TOY STORE (Lifetime)
New Britain - MY ADVENTURES WITH SANTA (Universal)
Meriden - SUGAR PLUM TWIST (Hallmark)
New London, Norwich, Old Saybrook, East
Hampton, Haddam - THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS EVE (Lifetime)
Mystic, New London, Waterford,
Groton, Uncasville - MYSTIC CHRISTMAS (Hallmark)
Mystic - TRIVIA AT SAINT NICK’S (Hallmark)
New London, Mystic - THE HOLIDAY FIX UP (Lifetime)
Norwich, Mystic, Gales Ferry, Ledyard,
Stonington, Mystic - WHERE ARE YOU, CHRISTMAS? (Hallmark)
Mystic, Waterford, Old Saybrook - CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY MANOR (Hallmark)
Essex, Old Lyme - A VERY NUTTY CHRISTMAS (Lifetime)
Mystic, Centerbrook - NEXT STOP, CHRISTMAS (Hallmark)
Essex, Old Saybrook, Old Lyme, Chester,
Deep River, East Lyme, Norwich - ROMANCE AT REINDEER LODGE (Hallmark)
North Haven, Hamden, Branford - THE SANTA CON (Lifetime)
Stamford, Bridgeport and Southport - BROADCASTING CHRISTMAS (Hallmark)
Stamford, Bridgeport, Easton, Fairfield - THE NOEL DIARY (Netflix)
Stamford, Greenwich, Essex, Darien,
Bridgeport, Norwalk, Manchester, East
Hampton, New Canaan
