Christmas Every Day
| Christmas Every Day | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Larry Peerce[1] |
| Produced by |
Gary M. Goodman Barry Rosen |
| Written by |
Stephen Alix Nancey Silvers |
| Starring |
Erik von Detten Bess Armstrong Robert Hays Yvonne Zima Robin Riker |
| Music by | Billy Goldenberg |
| Cinematography | Gideon Porath |
| Edited by | Jerrold L. Ludwig |
| Distributed by |
Goodman/Rosen Productions MTM Enterprises ABC Family |
Release dates |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Christmas Every Day is a 1996 American made-for-television fantasy-comedy film based on the 1892 short story "Christmas Every Day" by William Dean Howells.
It was directed by Larry Peerce, starred Erik von Detten, and originally broadcast on The Family Channel during their first 25 Days of Christmas programming block.[2] and was also shown on UK television on QVC Extra (True Entertainment) on November 28, 2015.
The movie was remade into an ABC Family TV movie in 2006 titled Christmas Do-Over.[3]
Original story by Howells
"Christmas Every Day" is a short story by William Dean Howells about a young American girl, whose wish that Christmas would come daily is granted for an entire year. It was published in Christmas Every Day and Other Stories Told for Children in 1892.
Plot
Set in the fictional town of Greenwood Falls, Virginia (just outside Washington, D.C.), the film stars Erik von Detten as Billy Jackson, a selfish teenager forced to relive the same Christmas every day.[2][4] At night on Christmas Day, Billy's sister (Yvonne Zima) 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.[5][6]
The movie also stars Robert Hays and Bess Armstrong as Billy's parents.[2][6][7]
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 (Tyler Mason Buckalew), get involved in his grocer father's dispute with his fat-cat uncle (Robert Curtis Brown) 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.[6]
Cast
- Robert Hays – Henry Jackson
- Bess Armstrong – Molly Jackson
- Erik von Detten – Billy Jackson
- Yvonne Zima – Sarah Jackson
- Robert Curtis Brown – Uncle David Jackson
- Robin Riker – Aunt Carolyn Jackson
- Julia Whelan – Cousin Jacey Jackson
- Tyler Mason Buckalew – Joey Manusco
- Terrence Currier – Mr. Charmers (as Terrence P. Currier)
- Kara Woods – Diane
- Lindsay Austin Hough – Mike
See also
- Christmas Do-Over
- 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.
- Mickey's Once Upon A Christmas – 1999 Disney direct-to-video animated movie consisting of three short segments, the first of which has Donald Duck's nephews wishing for it to be Christmas every day.
- The Fairly OddParents – The first Christmas special of the series involved Timmy Turner wishing that it was Christmas every day.
- Pepper Ann – In the episode "TGIF," the episode begins on a Friday morning, and Pepper Ann forgot to study for a test. She fakes sick in order to get out of taking it, but every morning she wakes up, it's Friday all over again.
- List of films featuring time loops
References
- 1 2 Bobbin, Jay (December 1, 1996). "Bess Armstrong Finds 'Christmas Every Day' on Family Channel". Buffalo News: 27TV.
- 1 2 3 Christmas Every Day at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 3 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.