| Christmas Every Day | |
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| 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. |
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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.
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]
"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.
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]
