By choice, Page wore no make-up on camera.
Monroeville, Alabama (where Capote as a child had lived with his much older cousin, Sook) was considered for location-shooting by the filmmakers, but it was deemed a bit too developed after 30 years of progress. It was Harper Lee who suggested to the producers that Snowdoun, Alabama, would make for a more convincing rural Depression-era setting.
Production was nearly canceled when Page's commitment to appear in a Broadway play threatened to coincide with the shooting schedule. The play turned out to be a flop and ran for only ten performances, closing just three days before shooting commenced in Snowdoun, Alabama. The play "The Great Indoors" opened on Broadway Tuesday 2/1/1966 and closed Saturday 2/5/1966, so 'A Christmas Memory' began filming Tuesday 2/8/1966.