“His mom persuades him to come home after being gone for many years,” Lopez explained.

“[It has] a throwback feel to it, and it makes you feel good and warm.

It’s a fun family film with those fun elements.”

Mario Lopez smiling at event

“My daughter was in the last one, and my wife was in this one.”

Mario Lopez said he likes including his family in fun ways like this.

He also likes making holiday films like this one because his family can watch them together.

Mario Lopez and Jana Kramer dancing in Steppin' Into the Holiday

Then the next week, I light the tree for the Rockefeller [Center] Christmas tree.

We’re all holidayed out."

Watch “Steppin' Into the Holiday” on Lifetime.

Mario Lopez talking in Steppin Into the Holiday