Three Generations, One Christmas Filming Locations
Mario Lopez and Tony Danza shot their Great American Family movie in Lewiston, New York, in June 2026. Here is what local reporters confirmed, and why the film has three titles.
Three Generations, One Christmas was filmed in Western New York in June 2026. Most of it was shot in the village of Lewiston, north of Niagara Falls, with some scenes in Buffalo. If you remember this movie as Christmas at The Starlight or Rewinding Christmas, you have the right one: it carried both titles before Great American Family gave it its final name.
The movie stars Mario Lopez, Tony Danza and Lopez’s son Dominic as three generations of one family. It premieres on Great American Family on Saturday, November 21, at 8 p.m.
Three Generations, One Christmas filming locations at a glance
- Lewiston, New York: confirmed. Local reports say the bulk of the movie was shot here, starting on June 14, 2026.
- A house on South Fifth Street, Lewiston: confirmed as one of the key backdrops.
- Buffalo, New York: confirmed for some scenes. No Buffalo address has been reported.
- The Starlight supper club: not identified. No report says which building plays it.
Lewiston, New York
Lewiston is a village on the Niagara River, and it is where the cameras started. Radio station WBEN reported from the set on the first day of shooting, June 14, with Lopez, Danza, Taylor Kalupa, Alan Pietruszewski and Natalia Cigliuti all in the village. Its report said the bulk of the movie would be shot in Lewiston, with other places, including Buffalo, to follow over the next three weeks.
It was not Christmas weather. WBEN described a humid day in the mid-70s, a long way from the snow and sleet Lopez met when he filmed another holiday movie in the region the year before. Danza liked the setting anyway, and told the station that Lewiston is “so Americana.”
Television station WKBW was there the same day. It reported that the two stars spoke to reporters at the corner of South 5th Street and Cayuga Street.
The house on South Fifth Street
One location is on the record in detail. Two days into the shoot, WBEN reported that the producers had picked a house on South Fifth Street, built around 1817, as one of the movie’s key backdrops. The house was for sale at the time, and the listing agent told the station that the crew kept her real for-sale sign in the shot.
The report places the house a few blocks from Artpark and from the shops on Center Street. It is a private home, so it is one to look at from the sidewalk.
Buffalo and the rest of Western New York
Buffalo’s part is confirmed but not detailed. WBEN’s first report said only that some scenes would be filmed there. A second WBEN story a week later noted that Great American Media has made 13 other movies in the region in recent years and has signed a two-year deal with Great Point Studios on Niagara Street in Buffalo. It did not say whether this film used those stages.
Why here? The head of the Buffalo Niagara Film Commission told WBEN that Lopez, who is also the film’s executive producer, chose the region for its locations, its architecture and New York State’s film tax credits, and for the welcome crews get from local people.
Where is The Starlight?
In the story, The Starlight is a local supper club that Danza’s character, Frank, is preparing to sell after 40 years in the family. That is how Great American Media described it when it announced the film. No report found for this guide names the real building used for the club, inside or out, so it is not listed here as a location.
Why the movie has three titles
The name changed twice, which makes the film hard to look up.
- Christmas at The Starlight: the title in the announcement of April 28, 2026, and in the first reports from the set.
- Rewinding Christmas: the title WKBW used on June 15. WBEN called the film rebranded under that name a week later.
- Three Generations, One Christmas: the title in the network’s holiday schedule as published by TVLine, with the November 21 premiere date.
When was it filmed?
Shooting began in Lewiston on Sunday, June 14, 2026, and was expected to run for about three weeks. During the shoot Danza also threw out the first pitch at a Buffalo Bisons game at Sahlen Field, Buffalo Toronto Public Media reported, and told the station he had choreographed some of the film’s musical numbers himself.
Jody Hahn directed from a screenplay by Megan Henry Herzlinger and Brian Herzlinger, according to the announcement.
Also read: more FilmiFeed filming location guides.
