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For The Fairly OddParents episode of the same name, see Christmas Every Day! (Fairly OddParents).
Christmas Every Day Directed by Larry Peerce[1] Produced by Gary M. Goodman
Barry RosenWritten by Stephen Alix
Nancey SilversStarring Erik von Detten Music by Billy Goldenberg Cinematography Gideon Porath Editing by Jerrold L. Ludwig Release date(s) December 1 1996 - The Family Channel[1] Country United States Language English Christmas Every Day is a 1996 American television movie, directed by Larry Peerce, starring Erik von Detten, and originally broadcast on The Family Channel during their first 25 Days of Christmas programming block. [2] Based on William Dean Howells's short story, "Christmas Every Day".
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Plot
The film stars Erik von Detten as Billy Jackson, a selfish teenager forced to relive the same Christmas every day.[2][3] At night on Christmas Day, Billy's sister wishes that it was Christmas every day. And thereafter he has to keep repeating Christmas Day until he realizes the true meaning of the holiday season.[4][5]
The movie also stars Robert Hays and Bess Armstrong as Billy's parents.[2][5][6]
Billy finds the entire experience to be really a nightmare. "My life is on rewind," he moans. Each December 25 he must face the school bully, get involved in his grocer father's dispute with his fat-cat uncle who wants to build a mega store and ruin the local merchants. Then there's Billy's Christmas pageant prank that goes horribly awry, and the destitute old lady who needs the bag of food he forgets to bring her.[5]
Remake
The movie was remade into a TV movie in 2006 titled Christmas Do-Over. It aired on ABC Family. [7]
Trivia
- A brief cameo is made by then-Virginia governor (and former Senator) George Allen.
- The movie last aired on ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas in 2008.
See also
- Time loop, about the general phenomenon (also lists many other examples of it in fiction)
- Elmo Saves Christmas - Children's film (coincidentally released in the same year) exploring a common childhood wish of wanting Christmas every day
- Groundhog Day - Bill Murray must relive Groundhog Day over and over.
Notes
- ^ a b Bobbin, Jay (December 1 1996). "Bess Armstrong Finds 'Christmas Every Day' on Family Channel". Buffalo News: 27TV.
- ^ a b c Christmas Every Day at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Rindge, Brenda (December 2 2002). "'Tis the Season". The Post and Courier: 1D.
- ^ McDonough, Kevin (December 21 1999). "Oh, holiday night ! It's Christmas on every channel". Charleston Daily Mail: P5D.
- ^ a b c Malleck, Bonnie (December 19 1998). "Holiday tales abound;Christmas Every Day sure to please young viewers". The Record: F2.
- ^ "Holiday TV". News & Record: D1. November 25 2004.
- ^ Christmas Every Day at the Internet Movie Database
External links
The Family Channel 1996–1998Night of the Twisters · Panic in the Skies! · The Christmas List · Dog's Best Friend · Married to a Stranger · Christmas Every DayFox Family 1998–2003National Lampoon's Men in White · Addams Family Reunion · Michael Jordan: An American Hero · Don't Look Behind You · Au Pair · Britannic · Ice Angel · Time Share · Au Pair II · When Good Ghouls Go Bad · Three Days · The Ghosts of Christmas Eve · Special Delivery · Like Father, Like Santa · Three DaysABC Family 2003–2005The One · Beautiful Girl · This Time Around · Lucky 7 · See Jane Date · Picking Up & Dropping Off · I Want to Marry Ryan Banks · Celeste in the City · Brave New Girl · Love Rules · Crimes of Fashion · Pop Rocks · Searching for David's Heart · Snow · She Gets What She Wants · School of Life · I Do, They Don't · Kart Racer · Everything You Want · Romy and Michele: In the Beginning · Pizza My Heart · Campus Confidential · Rent Control · Alchemy · Shadows in the Sun · Chasing Christmas · Christmas in Boston2006–2008If Only · The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold · Hello Sister, Goodbye Life · The Karate Dog · Best Man, Worst Friend · Fallen · Relative Chaos · The Initiation of Sarah · Santa Baby · Love Wrecked · The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning · Big Liar on Campus · Nature of the Beast · Christmas Caper · Holiday in Handcuffs · Snowglobe · The Cutting Edge 3: Chasing the Dream · Princess · The Circuit · Picture This · Samurai Girl · Snow 2: Brain Freeze · Christmas Do-Over · Christmas in Wonderland2009–2011Au Pair 3: Adventure in Paradise · My Fake Fiance · Labor Pains · Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe · The Dog Who Saved Christmas · The Cutting Edge: Fire & Ice · Beauty & the Briefcase · Revenge of the Bridesmaids · The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation · Christmas Cupid · Mean Girls 2 · My Future Boyfriend · Cyberbully · Teen SpiritFilms directed by Larry Peerce 1960s One Potato, Two Potato (1964) · The Big T.N.T. Show (1966) · The Incident (1967) · Goodbye, Columbus (1969)1970s The Sporting Club (1971) · A Separate Peace (1972) · Ash Wednesday (1973) · The Other Side of the Mountain (1975) · Two-Minute Warning (1976) · The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2 (1978) · The Bell Jar (1979)1980s Why Would I Lie? (1980) · Love Child (1982) · Hard to Hold (1984) · The Fifth Missile (1986) · Wired (1989)1990s Child of Rage (1992) · A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story (1994) · Christmas Every Day (1996) · A Secret Life (1999)Categories:- 1996 television films
- Christmas films
- Films directed by Larry Peerce
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