In real life, "The Trial Before Christmas" was held in the Renssealer County Courthouse in Troy NY.
The script for "The Trial Before Christmas" that Madison Rush (Torrey DeVitto) is writing in the movie includes the character "Counselor Casey" questioning Livingston as witness. In "The Trial Before Christmas," Jack Casey and Molly Casey, real attorneys, argued the case for Livingston in 2013 and 2014. Both years, a descendant of Major Henry Livingston Jr. sat with them at their table in the Rensselaer County Courthouse. In 2013, the jury was unable to come to a verdict. In 2014, the jury found in favor of Livingston.
A Visit from St. Nicholas", routinely referred to as "The Night Before Christmas" and "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" from its first line, is a poem first published anonymously under the title "Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas" in 1823. Authorship has been attributed to Clement Clarke Moore, who claimed authorship in 1837, but it has also been suggested that Henry Livingston Jr. may have written it.
The Victorian Stroll event featured in the opening scene of this movie is a real annual event held in Troy, New York on the first Sunday of December since 1982.