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 on December 1, 1996 during their first 25 Days of Christmas programming block.
The film was remade into an ABC Family television movie in 2006 titled Christmas Do-Over.
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 first printed in St. Nicholas in the January 1886 issue, illustrated by Howells' daughter. It was published in 1892 by Harper & Brother in New York City and Loring, Short & Harmon in Portland.
Plot The film is set in the fictional town of Greenwood Falls, Virginia (just outside Washington, D.C.). The main character is Billy Jackson, a selfish teenager forced to relive the same Christmas every day. Billy's younger sister Sarah wishes that every day could be Christmas, and thereafter he has to keep repeating Christmas Day until he realizes the true meaning of the holiday season.
Billy finds the entire experience to be a nightmare. Each December 25, he must face the school bully and must also 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.
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See also List of films featuring time loops List of Christmas films
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