In 2015, Pat Monahan and the rest of the Train ensemble dropped a Christmas album titled “Christmas in Tahoe.” At the time, the band was just trying to put their spin on some Christmas classics and some new holiday songs. Monahan told Billboard, “Christmas songs are some of the greatest songs ever written, so I didn’t want to just write a good song and then tag Christmas on it. I wanted to write a good Christmas song that couldn’t be anything but a Christmas song.” While Train was just trying to bring some holiday music into the world, the album would eventually turn into inspiration for a 2021 Hallmark Channel film.
Monahan revealed that when they released “Christmas in Tahoe,” their team immediately went to Hallmark to pitch the idea of a movie, per People. He shared, “They actually went to Hallmark right away because Hallmark rules Christmas. They started working on it right away.” Monahan was an executive producer on the film also titled “Christmas in Tahoe,” so it only seemed fitting to have him play a role in the project.
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In the movie, Monahan plays the best friend of Claire Rhodes, played by Laura Osnes, who is a talent booker trying to save her family’s annual Christmas show. The movie eventually hit the network, but it took a while to make it to television, and there’s a surprising reason as to why.
