When Christmas Was Young

A music manager in need of a hit song for the last client on his roster goes looking for a Christmas tune written years earlier by a former girlfriend, a gifted singer-songwriter whose own ambitions never panned out. The rights are not simply his to buy, and the encounter reopens old feelings between the two.

Released in December 2022, When Christmas Was Young is a holiday romantic comedy running 85 minutes, made in Canada and the United States by Lighthouse Pictures and EveryWhere Studios. Monika Mitchell directed; it sits between Brazen, from earlier the same year, and Deadly Invitations, from 2024, among the seven features she has directed. The screenplay was written by Robert Tate Miller and Sheryl Crow, and Mick MacKay produced. Tyler Hilton plays Luke Dawson and Karen David plays Melody Douglass, with Meghan Heffern, Jordana Largy, Dhirendra and Jake Foy in supporting roles.

Audience response was moderate and small in scale. On IMDb the film holds 6.2 out of 10 from 546 votes, and on TMDB it averages 6.4 out of 10 from a much smaller group of 16 voters. Both figures point to a mildly positive but far from enthusiastic reception, with far more viewers logging a score on IMDb than on TMDB.