Christmas Every Day

1996 television film directed by Larry Peerce

Christmas Every Day
Genre	Comedy Fantasy
Based on	"Christmas Every Day" by William Dean Howells
Written by	Stephen Alix Nancey Silvers
Directed by	Larry Peerce
Starring	Erik von Detten Bess Armstrong Robert Hays Yvonne Zima Robin Riker
Music by	Billy Goldenberg
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Gary M. Goodman Barry Rosen John Byers (co-producer) Stephen Alix (co-producer)
Production location	Ashland, Virginia
Cinematography	Gideon Porath
Editor	Jerrold L. Ludwig
Running time	1hr 30min
Production companies	Goodman/Rosen Productions MTM Enterprises International Family Entertainment, Inc.
Original release
Release	December 1, 1996 (1996-12-01)

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.^[1]

The movie was remade into an ABC Family TV movie in 2006 titled Christmas Do-Over.^[2]

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

The film is set in the fictional town of Greenwood Falls, Virginia (just outside Washington, D.C.) and stars Erik von Detten as Billy Jackson, a selfish teenager forced to relive the same Christmas every day.^[1]^[3] Billy's younger sister Sarah (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.^[4]^[5]

The movie also stars Robert Hays and Bess Armstrong as Billy's parents.^[1]^[5]^[6]

Billy finds the entire experience to be a nightmare. "My life is on rewind," he moans. Each December 25, he must face the school bully (Tyler Mason Buckalew); he must also 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.^[5]

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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Christmas Every Day at IMDb
^ Christmas Every Day at IMDb
^ 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.

External links

Christmas Every Day at IMDb

List of Freeform original films

The Family Channel

1996–1998	Night of the Twisters Panic in the Skies! Christmas Every Day The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue Dog's Best Friend Married to a Stranger The Christmas List

Fox Family

1998–2001	National Lampoon's Men in White Addams Family Reunion Earthquake in New York Like Father, Like Santa Michael Jordan: An American Hero Don't Look Behind You Au Pair The Ghosts of Christmas Eve Britannic Ice Angel Time Share Special Delivery Au Pair II When Good Ghouls Go Bad Three Days

ABC Family

2002–2004	Mom's on Strike Just a Walk in the Park The 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 The Hollow Searching for David's Heart Snow
2005–2007	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 Boston If 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 Christmas Do-Over The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning Big Liar on Campus Nature of the Beast Christmas Caper Holiday in Handcuffs Snowglobe
2008–2010	The Cutting Edge: Chasing the Dream Princess The Circuit Picture This Samurai Girl Snow 2: Brain Freeze Christmas in Wonderland Au Pair 3: Adventure in Paradise My Fake Fiancé Labor Pains Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe The Dog Who Saved Christmas The Cutting Edge: Fire and Ice Beauty & the Briefcase Revenge of the Bridesmaids The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation Christmas Cupid
2011–2013	Mean Girls 2 My Future Boyfriend Cyberbully Teen Spirit Desperately Seeking Santa 12 Dates of Christmas Home Alone: The Holiday Heist The Mistle-Tones Lovestruck: The Musical Christmas Bounty Holidaze

Freeform

2016–2019	Life-Size 2 Angry Angel Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas
2020–present	The Thing About Harry

v t e Films directed by Larry Peerce
One Potato, Two Potato (1964) The Big T.N.T. Show (1965) The Incident (1967) Goodbye, Columbus (1969) The Sporting Club (1971) A Separate Peace (1972) Ash Wednesday (1973) The Stranger Who Looks Like Me (1974) The Other Side of the Mountain (1975) Two-Minute Warning (1976) The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2 (1978) The Bell Jar (1979) Why Would I Lie? (1980) Love Child (1982) Hard to Hold (1984) The Fifth Missile (1986) Elvis and Me (1988) Wired (1989) The Neon Empire (1989) The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990) Child of Rage (1992) A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story (1994) Christmas Every Day (1996) A Secret Life (1999)

Films directed by Larry Peerce

One Potato, Two Potato (1964)
The Big T.N.T. Show (1965)
The Incident (1967)
Goodbye, Columbus (1969)
The Sporting Club (1971)
A Separate Peace (1972)
Ash Wednesday (1973)
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me (1974)
The Other Side of the Mountain (1975)
Two-Minute Warning (1976)
The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2 (1978)
The Bell Jar (1979)
Why Would I Lie? (1980)
Love Child (1982)
Hard to Hold (1984)
The Fifth Missile (1986)
Elvis and Me (1988)
Wired (1989)
The Neon Empire (1989)
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990)
Child of Rage (1992)
A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story (1994)
Christmas Every Day (1996)
A Secret Life (1999)

v t e William Dean Howells
Short stories	Mark Twain's Library of Humor (contributor; 1888) "Christmas Every Day" (1892)
Plays	A Counterfeit Presentment (1877) The Sleeping Car (1883)
Novels	The Lady of The Aroostook (1879) Dr. Breen's Practice (1881) A Modern Instance (1882) The Rise of Silas Lapham (1885) Indian Summer (1886) A Hazard of New Fortunes (1889) An Imperative Duty (1891) A Traveler from Altruria (1894) The Landlord at Lion's Head (1897) The Flight of Pony Baker (1902) Through the Eye of the Needle (1907)
Related	William Dean Howells House Redtop home

v t e MTM Enterprises
Mary Tyler Moore Grant Tinker
TV shows	The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–77) The Bob Newhart Show (1972–78) Friends and Lovers (1974–1975) The Texas Wheelers (1974–75) Rhoda (1974–78) The Bob Crane Show (1975) Doc (1975–76) Three for the Road (1975) Phyllis (1975–77) The Tony Randall Show (1976–78) Lou Grant (1977–82) The Betty White Show (1977–78) We've Got Each Other (1977–78) The White Shadow (1978–81) WKRP in Cincinnati (1978–82) Mary (1978) The Mary Tyler Moore Hour (1979) The Last Resort (1979–80) Paris (1979–80) Hill Street Blues (1981–87) Remington Steele (1982–87) St. Elsewhere (1982–88) Newhart (1982–90) Bay City Blues (1983–84) The Duck Factory (1984) Mary (1985–86) Fresno (1986) The Popcorn Kid (1987) Beverly Hills Buntz (1987–88) Eisenhower and Lutz (1988) Annie McGuire (1988) Tattingers (1988–89) City (1990) Capital News (1990) Evening Shade (1990–94) The Trials of Rosie O'Neill (1990–92) You Take the Kids (1990–91) The New WKRP in Cincinnati (1991–93) Xuxa (1993) Boogies Diner (1994–95) Wild Animal Games (1995–96) Family Challenge (1995–97) Bailey Kipper's P.O.V. (1996) Shopping Spree (1996–97) Sparks (1996–98) The Pretender (1996–2000) It Takes Two (1997) Good News (1997–98)
Films	Something for Joey (1977) The Boy Who Drank Too Much (1980) A Little Sex (1982) Just Between Friends (1986) Clara's Heart (1988) Night of the Twisters (1996) Christmas Every Day (1996)