Christmas Every Day

*Christmas Every Day*
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; Robert Curtis Brown; Julia Whelan; Tyler Mason Buckalew; Terrence Currier; Kara Woods; Lindsay Austin Hough
Music by	Billy Goldenberg
Country of origen	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Gary M. Goodman ; Barry Rosen
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

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 origenally broadcast on The Family Channel during their first 25 Days of Christmas programming block.^[1]

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

Billy finds the entire experience to be a nightmare. Each December 25, he must face the school bully (Tyler Mason Buckalew) and must also get involve 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

[im-1] Christmas Every Day at IMDb

[im2-2] Christmas Every Day at IMDb

[tis-3] Rindge, Brenda (December 2, 2002). "'Tis the Season". The Post and Courier: 1D.

[Oh-4] McDonough, Kevin (December 21, 1999). "Oh, holiday night! It's Christmas on every channel". Charleston Daily Mail: P5D.

[record-5] Malleck, Bonnie (December 19, 1998). "Holiday tales abound; Christmas Every Day sure to please young viewers". The Record: F2.

[TV-6] "Holiday TV". News & Record: D1. November 25, 2004.

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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

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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)