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*''[[A Dennis the Menace Christmas]]''
*''[[A Dennis the Menace Christmas]]''
*''[[Ernest Saves Christmas]]''
*''[[Ernest Saves Christmas]]''
*''[[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>
*''[[Home Alone 2: Lost in New York]]''
*''[[Home Alone 2: Lost in New York]]''
*''[[Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House]]''
*''[[Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House]]''
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*''[[Meet the Santas]]''
*''[[Meet the Santas]]''
*''[[Miracle on 34th Street (1994 film)|Miracle on 34th Street]]''
*''[[Miracle on 34th Street (1994 film)|Miracle on 34th Street]]''
*''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]''
*''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]''
*''[[Once upon a Christmas (film)|Once upon a Christmas]]''
*''[[Once upon a Christmas (film)|Once upon a Christmas]]''
*''[[The Polar Express (film)|The Polar Express]]
*''[[The Polar Express (film)|The Polar Express]]
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*''[[The Santa Clause 2]]''
*''[[The Santa Clause 2]]''
*''[[The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause]]''
*''[[The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause]]''
*''[[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>
*''[[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>
*''[[Santa Who?]]''
*''[[Santa Who?]]''
*''[[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>
*''[[Sons of Mistletoe]]''
*''[[Sons of Mistletoe]]''
*''[[To Grandmother's House We Go]]''
*''[[To Grandmother's House We Go]]''
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*''[[Unaccompanied Minors]]''
*''[[Unaccompanied Minors]]''
*''[[Unlikely Angel]]''
*''[[Unlikely Angel]]''
*''[[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>
*''[[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>
*''[[A Very Brady Christmas]]''
*''[[A Very Brady Christmas]]''


Revision as of 22:06, 4 November 2011

File:25 Days Christmas ABC Family.jpg
ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas promo
File:25 Days Christmas Countdown ABC Family.jpg
ABC Family's Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas promo (2011 version)

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

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

Fox Family era

Fox Family's 25 Days of Christmas

ABC Family era

ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas

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):

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):

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

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p This is not a holiday special, but was shown during the block anyway
  2. ^ This is a Groundhog Day special
  3. ^ This is a New Year's Day special

References

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  3. ^ a b [3]
  4. ^ a b [4]
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  7. ^ a b c "ABC Family - 25 Days Of Christmas". http://abcfamily.go.com. Retrieved 2011-10-27. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  8. ^ 25 Days of Christmas 2011 Programing Guide
  9. ^ 25 Days of Christmas 2011 Programing Guide
  10. ^ 25 Days of Christmas 2011 Programing Guide
  11. ^ 25 Days of Christmas 2011 Programing Guide
  12. ^ 25 Days of Christmas 2011 Programing Guide
  13. ^ 25 Days of Christmas 2011 Programing Guide
  14. ^ [7]
  15. ^ [8]
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