ABC Family is gearing up for their 11th annual 25 Days of Christmas event, which runs through Christmas Day.
From December 1 through December 25, the network will air over 200 hours of holiday-themed movies, specials, and the return of Christmas favorites during primetime, as well as weekend holiday marathons every Saturday and Sunday.
The event will include two new original movies, A Miser Brothers’ Christmas , the all-new sequel to the classic Christmas animated tale The Year Without a Santa Claus, and Snow 2 Brain Freeze, starring Tom Cavanagh and Ashley Williams.
Also, ABC Family will also air their holiday movie Christmas in Wonderland starring Patrick Swayze and Carmen Electra, as well as host the basic cable premieres of CARS, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, and A Garfield Christmas.
Check back soon for your chance to win a 25 Days of Christmas Prize Pack from Geeks of Doom! The event schedule is here below, along with a synopsis of some of the movies featured.
A Miser Brothers’ Christmas [NEW!]
Premieres Saturday, December 13 (8:00 – 9:00 PM ET/PT)
In this sequel to the Christmas classic, The Year Without a Santa Claus, Mickey Rooney returns as the voice of Santa Claus and George S. Irving returns as Heat Miser in a tale of how Santa throws out his back and is unable to deliver gifts for Christmas, threatening to ruin Christmas for children all around the world. This time, it’s up to the battling brothers Heat Miser and Snow Miser to come together and help save Christmas. This animated special was produced by Warner Brothers in association with Cuppa Coffee Studios and ABC Family. The script was written by Eddie Guzelian (“Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch”).
Snow 2 Brain Freeze [NEW!]
Premieres Sunday, December 14 (8:00 – 10:00 PM ET/PT)
Tom Cavanagh reprises his role as Nick Snowden, aka Santa, who, in the rush of preparing for his biggest day of the year – Christmas! – loses his memory and forgets who he is! Will Nick remember that he is Santa in time for Christmas? “Snow 2 Brain Freeze” also stars Ashley Williams as Sandy Snowden and Patrick Fabian as Buck, and was written by Rich Burns, directed by Mark Rosman and executive produced by Phil Kruener.
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Boo, they dropped The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus :-(
Comment by joe — November 21, 2008 @ 2:02 pm
To Whom It May Concern:
All of your Christmas movies are nice, but what about the classics? Are you going to show any of them this year?
April Vandusen
Comment by April VanDusen — December 1, 2008 @ 11:37 am