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*''[[Ernest Saves Christmas]]'' |
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*''[[Finding Nemo|Disney-Pixar Finding Nemo]]'' <ref group="note" name="nonx">This is not a holiday special, but was shown during the block anyway</ref> |
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*''[[Home Alone 2: Lost in New York]]'' |
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*''[[Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House]]'' |
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*''[[Miracle on 34th Street (1994 film)|Miracle on 34th Street]]'' |
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*''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'' |
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*''[[Once upon a Christmas (film)|Once upon a Christmas]]'' |
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*''[[The Polar Express (film)|The Polar Express]] |
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*''[[The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause]]'' |
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*''[[Toy Story|Disney-Pixar Toy Story]]'' <ref group="note" name="nonx">This is not a holiday special, but was shown during the block anyway</ref> |
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*''[[Toy Story 2|Disney-Pixar Toy Story 2]]'' <ref group="note" name="nonx">This is not a holiday special, but was shown during the block anyway</ref> |
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*''[[Santa Who?]]'' |
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*''[[The Search for Santa Paws]]'' (Network TV premiere 2011) |
*''[[The Search for Santa Paws]]'' (Network TV premiere 2011) <ref>[http://a.media.abcfamily.go.com/a/media/pdf/25DOC_PGuide_2011.pdg 25 Days of Christmas 2011 Programing Guide]</ref> |
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*''[[Sons of Mistletoe]]'' |
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*''[[To Grandmother's House We Go]]'' |
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*''[[Unaccompanied Minors]]'' |
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*''[[Unlikely Angel]]'' |
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*''[[Up (2009 film)|Disney-Pixar Up]]'' (ABC Family premiere December 2011) |
*''[[Up (2009 film)|Disney-Pixar Up]]'' (ABC Family premiere December 2011) <ref group="note" name="nonx">This is not a holiday special, but was shown during the block anyway</ref> <ref>[http://a.media.abcfamily.go.com/a/media/pdf/25DOC_PGuide_2011.pdg 25 Days of Christmas 2011 Programing Guide]</ref> |
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*''[[WALL-E|Disney-Pixar WALL-E]]'' <ref group="note" name="nonx">This is not a holiday special, but was shown during the block anyway</ref> |
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*''[[A Very Brady Christmas]]'' |
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Revision as of 22:06, 4 November 2011
25 Days of Christmas (also known as ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas, previously known as Fox Family's 25 Days of Christmas) is an annual programming block that has been shown on ABC Family and its predecessors since 1996. As the title implies, the special programming is shown every year from December 1 to December 25, showing classic holiday programming (such as Rankin/Bass' classic TV specials), as well as new Christmas-themed television movies each year. In 2006, the channel aired fewer seasonal films and added general-interest family movies such as Harry Potter, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Beauty and the Beast. This mix of Christmas and non-Christmas programming has become the norm for the block. Starting in 2008, ABC Family extended the "25" days into November with a Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas block.
List of original specials
- 1996 - Home and Family Christmas Special
- 2001 - Donner
- 2008 - A Miser Brothers' Christmas
- 2009 - Gotta Catch Santa Claus [1], Holly and Hal Moose: Our Uplifting Christmas Adventure [2]
- 2010 - The Gruffalo [3][note 1]
List of original movies
Most years, at least one new TV film is produced for the channel. However, starting in 2004, two TV films were produced. In 2007, three films were created for the channel, due to the popularity generated from the previous year.[4]
The Family Channel era
The Family Channel's 25 Days of Christmas
- 1996 - Christmas Every Day
- 1997 - The Christmas List
Fox Family era
Fox Family's 25 Days of Christmas
- 1998 - Like Father, Like Santa
- 1999 - The Ghosts of Christmas Eve
- 2000 - Special Delivery
- 2001 - Three Days
ABC Family era
ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas
- 2002 - None.
- 2003 - Picking Up & Dropping Off [5]
- 2004 - Snow
- 2005 - Chasing Christmas; Christmas in Boston
- 2006 - Christmas Do-Over; Santa Baby
- 2007 - Christmas Caper; Holiday in Handcuffs; Snowglobe
- 2008 - Christmas in Wonderland; Snow 2: Brain Freeze
- 2009 - The Dog Who Saved Christmas [6]; Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe
- 2010 - The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation; Christmas Cupid [3]
- 2011 - Desperately Seeking Santa[7]; 12 Dates of Christmas[7]
Christmas specials
The following non-original (originally premiered direct to video, or on some other TV network or cable channel, or as a theatrical featurette) Christmas specials are presently being featured during 25 Days of Christmas (including Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas):
- The Cat in the Hat [note 1]
- Cranberry Christmas
- Dr. Seuss on the Loose [note 1]
- A Boy Named Charlie Brown [note 1] [8]
- Snoopy Come Home [note 1] [9]
- A Flintstone Christmas
- A Flintstone Family Christmas
- Frosty's Winter Wonderland
- Harry Potter Weekend (Half Blood Prince to premiere 2011)[10]
- Holiday Classics Marathon [11]
- The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat [note 1]
- Jack Frost [note 2]
- The Leprechaun's Christmas Gold
- The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
- The Little Drummer Boy
- The Little Drummer Boy, Book II
- The Lorax [note 1]
- Mickey's Christmas Carol
- Mickey's Christmas Special
- Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey
- Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation
- Pinocchio's Christmas
- Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You? [note 1]
- Prep & Landing
- Puff the Magic Dragon [note 1]
- Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
- Rudolph's Shiny New Year [note 3]
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys
- Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
- The Story of the First Christmas Snow
- Twas the Night Before Christmas
- Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day [note 1]
- Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too
- Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too [note 1]
- The Year Without a Santa Claus
Christmas movies
The following non-original (originally premiered theatrically, or direct to video, or on some other TV network or cable channel) Christmas movies are presently being featured during 25 Days of Christmas (including Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas):
- A Carol Christmas
- The Christmas Wish
- A Dennis the Menace Christmas
- Ernest Saves Christmas
- Disney-Pixar Finding Nemo [note 1]
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
- Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas
- I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
- Jack Frost
- Meet the Santas
- Miracle on 34th Street
- The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Once upon a Christmas
- The Polar Express
- Richie Rich's Christmas Wish
- Santa Buddies
- The Santa Clause
- The Santa Clause 2
- The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
- Disney-Pixar Toy Story [note 1]
- Disney-Pixar Toy Story 2 [note 1]
- Santa Who?
- The Search for Santa Paws (Network TV premiere 2011) [12]
- Sons of Mistletoe
- To Grandmother's House We Go
- Twice Upon a Christmas
- Unaccompanied Minors
- Unlikely Angel
- Disney-Pixar Up (ABC Family premiere December 2011) [note 1] [13]
- Disney-Pixar WALL-E [note 1]
- A Very Brady Christmas
Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas
In 2007, due to popular ratings from the previous year, ABC Family launched the first official countdown to the programming block, which began on November 21. Although this was the first official early start [4], in previous years holiday programming had unofficially begun during the last week of November, showing mostly older original films, some of which pertained to Christmas and some that did not.[14] "Countdown to the '25 Days of Christmas'" returned in 2008 on November 16.[15]
The Countdown to the 25 Days of Christmas returned again in 2009, with an even earlier start date than before: November 10. In 2010, it started later in the month, on November 20. November 20 will also be the start date in 2011.[7]
Notes
References
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- ^ a b c "ABC Family - 25 Days Of Christmas". http://abcfamily.go.com. Retrieved 2011-10-27.
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