The film was directed by English director Peter Godfrey and stars Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan and Sydney Greenstreet.

Elizabeth and Jefferson spend the night in jail, charged with stealing a neighbor's horse and sleigh they had accidentally taken for a joyride, and return to the farm early the next morning.

The idea for Christmas in Connecticut was based on an original story by Aileen Hamilton, with Bette Davis initially cast in the female lead for the film.

[4] Dennis Morgan was cast in the male lead, having been a contract player for Warner Bros. By 1945, Screenland magazine reported he had received "more fan mail than any one on the lot".

[1] Incidentally, Gardiner kept his left hand in his pocket virtually in every scene due to an earlier injury when he fell headfirst down an iron fire escape.

[2] William Brogdon of Variety wrote: "Story is lightweight but well-polished situations, direction and playing keep it in high gear most of the way for nifty returns.

"[9] A review in The Hollywood Reporter called the film "an audience winner from way back in the balcony"; it noted "Stanwyck has herself a time romping through the part of the girl.

"[10] Edwin Schallert of the Los Angeles Times felt the performances and "the direction by Peter Godfrey transform [the film] into a very lively entertainment, with large stress on sophistication.

The caprice involves Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet, S. Z. Sakall and a couple of babies who, though too young to know any better, are going to have quite a time living it down.

[15] In a retrospective review, critic Emanuel Levy noted that the film "obviously propagated conservative ideology, sending women to the kitchen to dutifully play their roles as housewives and mothers after tasting some emancipation during the War years.

[19] The Lux Video Theatre presented a one-hour version on December 13, 1956, starring Mona Freeman, Ed Kemmer and Roland Winters.

A remake of Christmas in Connecticut was released in 1992, starring Dyan Cannon as Elizabeth, Kris Kristofferson as Jefferson Jones, and Tony Curtis as Mr. Yardley.