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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.

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.
Distributor	20th Television
Release
Picture format	Color
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	December 1, 1996 (1996-12-01)

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 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.[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

See also

• List of films featuring time loops
• List of Christmas films

References

External links

• Christmas Every Day at IMDb

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