Summary

  • Lindsay Lohan makes her acting comeback in Falling For Christmas, playing Sierra Belmont, a spoiled hotel heiress who gets amnesia after a skiing accident.
  • The movie is set at a ski resort in Utah, with the majority of filming taking place at the luxury Belmont Summit Resort (Goldener Hirsch) and North Star Lodge (Stein Eriksen Lodge).
  • Filming locations in Salt Lake City and Park City, Utah were also used for outdoor and skiing scenes in Falling For Christmas.

Netflix's Falling For Christmas had some stunning filming locations, which helped to contribute to the winter atmosphere of the movie. Lindsay Lohan has made her comeback to the screen starring as Sierra Belmont, a spoiled hotel heiress, who gets amnesia after a skiing accident and forgets who she is. Sierra ends up being looked after by Jake (Chord Overstreet), who owns a quaint ski lodge called North Star Lodge that is in financial trouble, unlike her father’s luxury Belmont Summit Resort. Falling For Christmas follows Sierra as she succumbs to the Christmas spirit while spending time with Jake at his humble lodge, learning to be less selfish along the way.

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The entirety of Falling For Christmas is set at a ski resort, with multiple hotels. Both the lodges and all the scenic shots are almost exclusively in Utah. After its announcement in May 2021, Falling For Christmas began production in November 2021 which was perfect timing for the winter snow that is the basis for Falling For Christmas’ scenes and the movie's Christmas village atmosphere. Falling For Christmas has three main locations throughout what's being called Lindsay Lohan's acting comeback, the luxury Belmont Summit Resort which Sierra is the heir to; North Star Lodge which Jake owns; and the ski slopes and areas of the resort that feature throughout Falling For Christmas. Here are the filming locations of Falling For Christmas.

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Goldener Hirsch, Deer Valley, Park City, Utah

The Belmont Summit Resort that Lindsay Lohan's character Sierra Belmont is heir to in Netflix's Falling For Christmas.

The first scene in Falling For Christmas highlights one particular filming location. It shows Sierra in her element at the Belmont Summit Resort, a luxury hotel owned by her father. The Belmont Summit Resort is a luxury hotel with rooftop pools and sleek décor and is used for most of the beginning of Falling For Christmas, including when Jake accidentally spills hot chocolate on Sierra. The Belmont Summit Resort is a real hotel called Goldener Hirsch, which is part of the Auberge Resorts Collection.

The hotel is located in Deer Valley of Park City, Utah. Deer Valley has been used multiple times for filming, including for Jim Carey's iconic movie Dumb and Dumber. The large resort with Goldener Hirsch is situated in Deer Valley’s Silver Lake, where it has been for over 30 years and is family-owned, similar to how the Belmont Summit Resort is family-owned. The resort regularly appears in travel magazines as a top vacation spot and was named Travel and Leisure's best resort of 2023.

Stein Eriksen Lodge, Deer Valley, Park City, Utah

Falling For Christmas features another filming location from Deer Valley and that is the Stein Eriksen Lodge which is transformed into North Star Lodge in Falling For Christmas. Stein Eriksen Lodge is a bit grander than in Falling For Christmas, where it is shown as a quaint lodge lacking visitors and in need of financial aid. The Stein Eriksen Lodge is similar to Goldener Hirsch in how it offers luxury stays for its guests with spas, pools, and fine dining. In Lindsay Lohan's acting comeback Falling For Christmas, Stein Eriksen Lodge as the North Star Lodge becomes a sanctuary for Sierra as she recovers from her skiing accident and spends time with Jake and his daughter Avy (Olivia Perez), while they start to fall in love.

Salt Lake City and Park City, Utah

Lindsay Lohan as Sierra is proposed to be George Young as Tad in the snow in the Netflix movie Falling for Christmas

The majority of Falling For Christmas is filmed at Goldener Hirsch and Stein Eriksen Lodge, but there are plenty of scenes outside these lodges that utilize filming locations in Salt Lake City and Park City, Utah. Utah is a great area for snow sports, so it makes sense that Falling For Christmas used the beautiful Salt Lake City and Park City for their outdoor and skiing shots.

Falling For Christmas uses the slopes for big scenes such as Jake asking Beauregard Belmont for financial aid and Sierra being proposed to by Tad, played by box office failure Malignant's George Young, which causes her skiing accident. Both of these moments set Falling For Christmas up to follow the traditional Christmas movie plot line while taking advantage of the stunning filming locations that surrounded the two main lodges.

Falling for Christmas
TV-PG
Comedy
Holiday
Romance

Release Date
November 10, 2022
Director
Janeen Damian
Cast
Lindsay Lohan , Chord Overstreet , George Young , Jack Wagner , Olivia Perez , Alejandra Flores
Runtime
93 minutes
Writers
Jeff Bonnett , Ron Oliver
Studio(s)
Netflix
Distributor(s)
Netflix