"It could have been called that if it was in the summer," the writer/director said on the 'Hollywood Gold' podcast

If the 2006 movie The Holiday is included on your must-watch holiday movie list, that actually wasn't Nancy Meyers's intention. The writer and director recently revealed on the Hollywood Gold podcast that she "never ever saw it as a holiday movie ever in my life.

Nancy Meyers revealed the real meaning behind The Holiday and why she chose this festive time the movie.I never thought it would be, you know, a movie that you watched during the

It would have made sense if director Nancy Meyers, known for her gorgeous aesthetic in movies like Something's Gotta Give and It's Complicated, had filmed The Holiday intending to make it the new Christmas classic it has become. (The festive decor is already dazzling, but when you Nancy Meyers it, the atmosphere becomes sublime.) But she didn't.