Christmas Every Day
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| 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 |
| Music by | Billy Goldenberg |
| Cinematography | Gideon Porath |
| Editing by | Jerrold L. Ludwig |
| Release date(s) | December 1 1996 - Family Channel[1] |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Christmas Every Day is a TV movie from 1996, featuring a selfish 13-year-old child, Billy Jackson (Erik von Detten), reliving Christmas again and again, borrowing most of its plot from Groundhog 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]
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[edit] Remake
The movie was remade into a TV movie in 2006 titled "Christmas Do-Over." It aired on ABC Family. [7]
[edit] Trivia
- A brief cameo is made by then-Virginia governor (and former Senator) George Allen.
- Mason Bryan had a brief cameo in this movie as a child.
[edit] 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
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Bobbin, Jay (December 1 1996). "Bess Armstrong Finds 'Christmas Every Day' on Family Channel". Buffalo News: 27TV.
- ^ a b 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" (November 25 2004). News & Record: D1.
- ^ Christmas Every Day at the Internet Movie Database
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