The screenplay was written by Jac Schaeffer, with Josh Gad, Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, and Jonathan Groff reprising their roles from Frozen (2013).

In November 2017, Olaf's Frozen Adventure premiered in theaters for a limited-time engagement in 3D format preceding the screening of Pixar's Coco and made its television debut on ABC in the following December.

Upon hearing Elsa lament that the cause was her childhood isolation, Olaf and Sven decide to look for traditions and see if any of them are suitable to borrow or adapt.

On February 9, 2016, the short was announced as a television special set to be released on ABC,[3] which would be produced by Roy Conli, and directed by Kevin Deters and Stevie Wermers.

However, in June 2017, it was announced that the film would instead receive a limited-time theatrical release in front of Disney/Pixar's Coco, as it was deemed too cinematic for television.

It reprises the main cast from the Frozen (2013) including the return of Josh Gad, Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, and Jonathan Groff.

[5] There are four original songs in the film, written by Elyssa Samsel and Kate Anderson, titled "Ring in the Season", "The Ballad of Flemmingrad", "That Time of Year" and "When We're Together".

[9] The week after Coco's release in Mexico, local media noted audiences' strong dislike for the length of the film.

[21] Writing for KSDK, Patrick Ryan commented it is an "Adventure' worth taking,"[22] while Ben Pearson of /Film wrote that "When We're Together" had the potential to be 2017's version of "Let It Go".

[23] Marissa Martinelli of Slate criticized the short's over-commercialism and opined that it committed the well-trodden sin of turning a comedic side-character into the star – an "increasingly desperate one-man show.

"[24] Alissa Wilkinson of Vox reported that audiences in North America have been critical of Disney's promotional strategy of prescreening the short before the main attraction.