25 Days of Christmas is an annual season of Christmas programming broadcast during the month of December by the U.S. cable network Freeform. The event was first held in 1996, and has been annual fixture of the channel through its various incarnations, including The Family Channel, Fox Family, ABC Family, and Freeform.
The brand covers airings of classic holiday specials (such as Rankin/Bass' works), as well as new Christmas-themed television movies each year; generally few of the network's original series air during the time period, outside of Christmas-themed episodes. Since 2006, the lineup has also included airings of general, family films that Freeform holds rights to, including the Harry Potter film franchise, and other Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures films. Starting in 2007, ABC Family extended the "25" days into November with a Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas block. 25 Days of Christmas programming often attracts major surges in viewership for Freeform, with higher-profile film airings often attracting 3-4 million viewers or more.
For 2017, the brand has been extended to also cover Christmas-related programming and specials across Freeform's parent broadcast network ABC, and sister cable networks Disney Channel, Disney Junior, and Disney XD.
Video 25 Days of Christmas
Programming
Original specials
- 1996 - Home and Family Christmas Special
- 2001 - Donner
- 2008 - A Miser Brothers' Christmas
- 2009 - Gotta Catch Santa Claus, Holly and Hal Moose: Our Uplifting Christmas Adventure
- 2010 - The Gruffalo
- 2011 - A Very Pink Christmas
- 2013 - Melissa & Joey, Baby Daddy
- 2014 - The Fosters, Switched At Birth, Chasing Life, Pretty Little Liars, Baby Daddy, Melissa and Joey
- 2015 - Young & Hungry, Pretty Little Liars: 5 Years Forward, Behind the Shadows: The Making of Shadowhunters
- 2017 - Stuck in the Middle, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series, The Lion Guard, Mickey and the Roadster Racers, Sofia the First, Goldie & Bear, Disney Parks Presents a Disney Channel Holiday Celebration, The Great Christmas Light Fight and The Great American Baking Show
Original movies
Every year since the block started in 1996, at least one new holiday-related TV film has been produced (except in 2002, 2014, and 2015). Starting in 2005, two TV films have been produced. In 2007, three films were created for the block, due to the popularity of the previous year's films.
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
- 2003 - Picking Up & Dropping Off
- 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; Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe
- 2010 - The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation; Christmas Cupid
- 2011 - Desperately Seeking Santa; 12 Dates of Christmas
- 2012 - The Mistle-Tones; Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
- 2013 - Holidaze, Christmas Bounty
- 2014 - Toy Story That Time Forgot
Freeform era: Freeform's 25 Days of Christmas
- 2016 - Holiday Joy
- 2017 - Angry Angel
- 2018 - Life-Size 2
Current 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, or Christmas-themed episodes of television programs are presently being featured during 25 Days of Christmas (including Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas) (as of 2017):
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