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25 Days of Christmas

November 17, 2023

Freeform's 25 Days of Christmas is an American annual seasonal event of Christmas programming broadcast during the month of December by the U.S. cable network Freeform. The event was first held in 1996, and has been an annual fixture of the channel through its various incarnations, including The Family Channel, Fox Family, ABC Family, and Freeform. The brand covers airings of classic holiday specials as well as new Christmas-themed television movies each year; generally few of the network's original series air during the time period, outside of Christmas-themed episodes. In 2006, the lineup has also included airings of general, family films that Freeform holds rights to, which included the Harry Potter films until January 2017, and other Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures films. In 2007, the block was extended to November with a Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas block. 25 Days of Christmas programming often attracts major surges in viewership for Freeform, with higher-profile film airings often attracting 3–4 million viewers or more.

Freeform's 25 Days of Christmas
Logo used since 2018
NetworkThe Family Channel (1996–1997)
Fox Family (1998–2000)
ABC Family (2001–2015)
Freeform (2016–present)
Disney Channel (2017–2018)
Disney XD (2017–2018)
Disney Junior (2017–2018)
ABC (2017–2018)
LaunchedDecember 1, 1996; 26 years ago (1996-12-01)
Country of originUnited States
Formerly known asThe Family Channel's 25 Days of Christmas (1996–1997)
Fox Family's 25 Days of Christmas (1998–2000)
ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas (2001–2015)
FormatChristmas-based films and programming, along with some non-seasonal films
Running timeDaily and nightly, annually from December 1 to 25
Original language(s)English
Official websiteOfficial site

For 2017-2018, Disney extended the 25 Days of Christmas branding to holiday programming shown by Freeform's sister properties in the Disney-ABC Television Group, including ABC, Disney Channel, Disney XD, and Disney Junior.[1][2]

For most of the block's run, fourteen specials from the Rankin/Bass Productions library of Christmas specials (excluding the original Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman specials, both of which have aired on CBS since 1972 and 1969 respectively) served as the centerpiece of the 25 Days of Christmas. Freeform lost the rights to twelve of those specials (which included The Year Without a Santa Claus) to AMC in 2017 to serve as the linchpin of its new "Best Christmas Ever" schedule; Freeform still airs Santa Claus is Comin' to Town and The Little Drummer Boy.[3] In May 2019, Freeform announced it had acquired the cable rerun rights to the Rudolph and Frosty specials, reuniting the four pre-1974 Rankin/Bass programs on the same network.[4] CBS will continue to hold the free-to-air rerun rights to both specials.[5] Freeform and ABC also held rights to the Charlie Brown holiday specials until Apple TV+ acquired the exclusive rights to the franchise in 2020[6] (later sublicensing some of the specials to PBS for one-time airings that year).[7]

Programming edit

Original specials edit

  • 1996 – Home and Family Christmas Special
  • 2001 – Donner
  • 2008 – A Miser Brothers' Christmas
  • 2009 – Gotta Catch Santa Claus,[8] Holly and Hal Moose: Our Uplifting Christmas Adventure[9]
  • 2011 – A Very Pink Christmas[10]
  • 2017 – Disney Parks Presents a Disney Channel Holiday Celebration

Original films edit

Nearly every year since 25 Days of Christmas debuted in 1996, at least one new holiday-related TV film has been produced (excluding 2002, 2014, and 2015). Starting in 2005, two TV films have been produced. In 2007, three films were created for the block, due to the popularity of the previous year's films.[11]

The Family Channel era: The Family Channel's 25 Days of Christmas edit

Fox Family era: Fox Family's 25 Days of Christmas edit

ABC Family era: ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas edit

Freeform era: Freeform's 25 Days of Christmas edit

Acquired programming edit

As of 2023, the following acquired programs are included on the 25 Days of Christmas:[18]

Specials edit

Series edit

Film franchises edit

Films edit

Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas, Kickoff to Christmas and FUNDAY edit

In 2007, due to popular ratings from the previous year, ABC Family launched the first official countdown to the programming block, which began on November 21. Although this was the first official early start,[11] in previous years holiday programming had unofficially begun during the last week of November, showing mostly older original films, some of which pertained to Christmas and some of which did not.[19] Countdown to the 25 Days of Christmas returned in 2008 on November 16.[20] In 2018, Freeform announced that the block would be renamed to Kickoff to Christmas, and would last throughout the whole month of November.[21] This was reprised in 2019.[22]

In 2023, Freeform abandoned the Countdown/Kickoff block in favor of a "30 Days of Disney" event, with Christmas movies only sparingly featured after Thanksgiving.[23]

2011 edit

In 2011, it started later in the month, on November 20.[24] In 2012 the countdown began at an earlier date of November 18.[14]

2014 edit

The Countdown to the 25 Days of Christmas ran again in 2014. In 2014 the countdown event which started on Sunday, November 23 was even with previous years. The highest rated programs of the eight-day event were Finding Nemo at 1.8 million viewers, Despicable Me at 2 million, and an airing of The Hunger Games at 1.7 million. Other highlights included Ratatouille on Thanksgiving night which garnered 1 million, Cars 2 gained 1 million, and Brave which had 1.8 million tune in.[25]

2015 edit

The Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas schedule was released on October 29, 2015. The 2015 lineup included family classics such as Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Jingle All the Way, Monsters, Inc., Ratatouille, The Incredibles, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and the cable premiere of Planes. A Monday, November 30 airing of The Polar Express was watched by 1.5 million viewers, the highest rating of this year's Countdown.[26] A Saturday, November 28 airing of Wreck-It Ralph was also watched by 1.5 million viewers.[27] The network premiere of Planes on Thanksgiving night garnered only 0.699 million viewers.[28]

2016 edit

The Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas schedule was released on October 22, 2016. In 2016, Freeform's first Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas ran from Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 2016, to December 25, 2016. The 2016 lineup includes family movies such as Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Toy Story of Terror, Brave, Tangled, Happy Feet Two, Tooth Fairy, Another Cinderella Story, Mulan, Wreck-It Ralph, Matilda, Little Rascals, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and Despicable Me. Freeform also announced the network premiere of The Odd Life of Timothy Green, The Boxtrolls, and A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits. The holiday movies in the 2016 Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas included: Fred Claus, The Holiday (Freeform network premiere), Scrooged, Jingle All the Way, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, and Deck the Halls.[29]

The 2016 ratings where on par with previous years. The highest airing of the countdown was the November 26 airing of Tangled, gaining 1.461M viewers. Despicable Me gained 1.2M on November 25.[30]

2017 edit

The Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas schedule was released on October 12, 2017. In 2017, Freeform's Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas ran from November 18, 2017, to November 30, 2017. The 2017 lineup included family movies such as The Incredibles, Despicable Me, Harry Potter, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Hook, Dennis the Menace, Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and The Boxtrolls. Freeform also announced the network premiere of Inside Out and Snow Day. The holiday movies in the 2017 Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas included: Home Alone, Elf, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Four Christmases (Freeform network premiere), 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups, Frosty's Winter Wonderland, Jack Frost, The Year Without a Santa Claus, A Christmas Carol, A Dennis the Menace Christmas, Richie Rich's Christmas Wish, Jack Frost, Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July, Arthur Christmas, Rudolph's Shiny New Year, Eloise at Christmastime, and The Nightmare Before Christmas.

2018 edit

On May 15, 2018, Freeform announced that the Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas would be renamed Kickoff to Christmas for November 2018.[21] The 2017 Kickoff to Christmas schedule was released on October 10, 2018. The 2018 Kickoff to Christmas lineup runs from November 1 to 30, 2018, and includes films such as Jumanji, The Good Dinosaur, Inside Out, Norm of the North, Ratatouille, Yogi Bear, Frozen, Babe, Meet the Robinsons, The Incredibles, Toy Story, Storks, Paddington, Zootopia, and others.[31]

2019 edit

As aforementioned, this year marked the first time that the original Rudolph and Frosty specials aired on an American cable television network. Premieres of Fantastic Mr. Fox, Despicable Me 2 and The BFG aired during the month of November.

Ratings edit

2006 edit

The network premiere of The Polar Express was watched by more than 4 million viewers.[32] An encore airing on December 9 was watched by a record 5 million viewers. It became the most watched programming to ever air on ABC Family.[33] The debut airing of the film, Santa Baby, was watched by 4.7 million viewers.[34]

2007 edit

The first week of programming averaged 2.3 million viewers.[35]

2008 edit

In 2008, the first week of programming attracted 2.7 million total viewers.[35] The entire lineup had an average 2.5 million viewers.[36][37]

2009 edit

The third annual "Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas" was watched by 1.2 million viewers. The network premiere of The Santa Clause 3 was watched by 1.6 million viewers, while an airing of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was watched by 1.5 million viewers.[38] The premiere of Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe was watched by 3.8 million total viewers.[37]

2010 edit

The fourth annual "Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas" was watched by 2.1 million viewers.[39] The lineup began its first week with record breaking 3 million average viewers.[40] The December 12 premiere of Christmas Cupid was watched by a total of 3.4 million viewers.[41] Total viewers for 2010 broke records, averaging 2.8 million viewers.[42] An airing of How the Grinch Stole Christmas drew 1.3 million viewers.[42]

2011 edit

The first week of the 25 Days of Christmas was watched by an average of 2.2 million viewers, down 27% from last year.[43] During the second week, viewers increased to 2.4 million, thanks to the premiere of 12 Dates of Christmas.[44] However, this was still down 30% from the previous year.[44] Overall viewers for the 2011 lineup averaged 2.3 million viewers.[45]

2012 edit

In 2012, the programming block had its most ever total viewers in its debut week, with 2.9 million.[46] An airing of the film Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas on December 2 became the lineup's most watched program ever, with 5.4 million viewers.[47][48] Other notable airings included, the network premiere of Despicable Me, watched by over 4.3 million viewers,[49] and a Christmas Eve airing of The Santa Clause 2, watched by 3.9 million viewers.[50] The programming block averaged 2.8 million viewers for 2012, on pace with 2010.[48]

2014 edit

In its 17th year, 25 Days of Christmas powered ABC Family as the top cable network in primetime among women 18–34. The entire line-up averaged 2.5 million viewers. A Friday, December 5 airing of Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas was watched by 3.7 million. The network premiere of Toy Story That Time Forgot gained 3.4 million while an airing of the classic Toy Story 3 gained 2.7 million viewers.[51] The highest rated airing of Elf gained 3.5 million viewers while the highest rated airing of National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation gained 3.2 million. An airing of the Tim Allen classic The Santa Clause with limited commercials gained 2.9 million viewers.

Christmas Eve ratings on the network saw ratings of The Polar Express at 2.2 million, Home Alone at 2.7 million, and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and Elf each at more than 4 million.[52]

The holiday airings of Pretty Little Liars gained 2 million viewers while Chasing Life gained 1.2 million. The comedies of Melissa and Joey and Baby Daddy gained 1 million and 800,000 viewers respectively.[53]

2015 edit

In 2015 the highest rated event was an airing of Elf on December 5 at 3.7mil, and another airing on December 24 at 3.1mil. Ratings on Christmas Eve were down on the network due to increased competition from other networks. Elf proved once again to draw large audiences. On December 1 The Polar Express gained 2.4mil, an airing of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas gained 2.4mil, 2.7mil, and 2.9mil on multiple dates. The highest airing of The Santa Clause was December 2 gaining 2.6mil.[54]

An airing of the Toy Story trilogy on December 13–14 gained 2mil, 2.5mil, and 1.4mil. Christmas Eve on the network was National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation at 2.4mil, and Elf at 3.1mil. Christmas Day was weak, averaging less than 2mil per airing.[54]

2016 edit

The 25 Days of Christmas schedule was released in late October by Freeform. While notable absences include Jim Carrey's How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Home Alone, and the second and third The Santa Clause films, the schedule still includes many classics. The schedule includes 25 days of classics like, Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, The Santa Clause, Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, Jack Frost, Disney's A Christmas Carol, The Polar Express, The Holiday, Elf, Jingle All The Way, Scrooged, Deck the Halls, Toy Story, Frozen, and Happy Feet.[55]

2016 ratings of 25 Days of Christmas were down from previous years. The highest rated airing was December 4, when Elf gained 2.5M viewers. Other airings of Elf gained 2.1M, 1.8M, and 2.0M. A Toy Story marathon on December 10 gained 1.3M, 1.5m, and 1.4m. An airing of Frozen gained 2.3M on December 17.[30]

Christmas Eve on the network saw The Polar Express at 1.4M, The Santa Clause at 1.7M, Elf at 2.7M, and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation at 2.8M viewers.[30]

2017 edit

Alongside its traditional lineup of acquired and Disney films, the lineup for 2017 included the new original film Angry Angel, starring Jason Biggs and Brenda Song, and the new special Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic, which documented how Disney's theme parks are prepared for the holiday season. On October 31, 2017, it was announced that the 25 Days of Christmas branding would also be used for holiday programming on sister properties ABC (including new seasons of the seasonal miniseries The Great Christmas Light Fight and The Great American Baking Show, as well as its other traditional specials), Disney Channel (including Disney Parks Presents a Disney Channel Holiday Celebration), Disney Junior (including The Lion Guard special "Timon and Pumbaa's Christmas"), and Disney XD (Milo Murphy's Law: "A Christmas Peril", and Star vs. the Forces of Evil: "Stump Day"/"Holiday Spellcial").[1][56]

Nielsen estimated that at least 150 million viewers watched part of a program on Freeform during the event.[57]

2018 edit

Over the first two weeks after Thanksgiving, average viewership of feature films on Freeform fell by 36% over 2017, due primarily to its loss of several major mainstays of the 25 Days lineup, such as the Harry Potter film series (whose cable rights moved to Syfy and USA Network earlier in the year)[58][59] as well as various Warner Bros.-owned films and specials (including Elf and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, and 12 Rankin/Bass specials) that were acquired by AMC for a competing holiday lineup.[60][57] The original movie Life-Size 2 (a sequel to a 2000 ABC made-for-TV film, starring Tyra Banks) was seen by 1.26 million viewers.[61]

2019 edit

This year's airing includes The Muppet Christmas Carol as well as the premiere of Prancer Returns, Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas, Perfect Holiday, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman and Same Time, Next Christmas.[62]

2020 edit

This seasonal airing includes It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie, Christmas with the Kranks, Deck the Halls (2006 film), Snow (2004 film), Snow 2: Brain Freeze, Jingle All the Way 2, and The Preacher's Wife as well as the network's premieres of The Grinch, The Night Before, Almost Christmas, The Star and Black Nativity.[63]

2021 edit

2022 edit

This year's airing includes Kung Fu Panda Holiday and Home Alone 3 as well as the network's premiere of Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol, Walt Disney Animation Studios' Frozen II and a short film, Olaf's Frozen Adventure.

2023 edit

See also edit

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External links edit

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Freeform s 25 Days of Christmas is an American annual seasonal event of Christmas programming broadcast during the month of December by the U S cable network Freeform The event was first held in 1996 and has been an annual fixture of the channel through its various incarnations including The Family Channel Fox Family ABC Family and Freeform The brand covers airings of classic holiday specials as well as new Christmas themed television movies each year generally few of the network s original series air during the time period outside of Christmas themed episodes In 2006 the lineup has also included airings of general family films that Freeform holds rights to which included the Harry Potter films until January 2017 and other Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures films In 2007 the block was extended to November with a Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas block 25 Days of Christmas programming often attracts major surges in viewership for Freeform with higher profile film airings often attracting 3 4 million viewers or more Freeform s 25 Days of ChristmasLogo used since 2018NetworkThe Family Channel 1996 1997 Fox Family 1998 2000 ABC Family 2001 2015 Freeform 2016 present Disney Channel 2017 2018 Disney XD 2017 2018 Disney Junior 2017 2018 ABC 2017 2018 LaunchedDecember 1 1996 26 years ago 1996 12 01 Country of originUnited StatesFormerly known asThe Family Channel s 25 Days of Christmas 1996 1997 Fox Family s 25 Days of Christmas 1998 2000 ABC Family s 25 Days of Christmas 2001 2015 FormatChristmas based films and programming along with some non seasonal filmsRunning timeDaily and nightly annually from December 1 to 25Original language s EnglishOfficial websiteOfficial siteFor 2017 2018 Disney extended the 25 Days of Christmas branding to holiday programming shown by Freeform s sister properties in the Disney ABC Television Group including ABC Disney Channel Disney XD and Disney Junior 1 2 For most of the block s run fourteen specials from the Rankin Bass Productions library of Christmas specials excluding the original Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman specials both of which have aired on CBS since 1972 and 1969 respectively served as the centerpiece of the 25 Days of Christmas Freeform lost the rights to twelve of those specials which included The Year Without a Santa Claus to AMC in 2017 to serve as the linchpin of its new Best Christmas Ever schedule Freeform still airs Santa Claus is Comin to Town and The Little Drummer Boy 3 In May 2019 Freeform announced it had acquired the cable rerun rights to the Rudolph and Frosty specials reuniting the four pre 1974 Rankin Bass programs on the same network 4 CBS will continue to hold the free to air rerun rights to both specials 5 Freeform and ABC also held rights to the Charlie Brown holiday specials until Apple TV acquired the exclusive rights to the franchise in 2020 6 later sublicensing some of the specials to PBS for one time airings that year 7 Contents 1 Programming 1 1 Original specials 1 2 Original films 1 2 1 The Family Channel era The Family Channel s 25 Days of Christmas 1 2 2 Fox Family era Fox Family s 25 Days of Christmas 1 2 3 ABC Family era ABC Family s 25 Days of Christmas 1 2 4 Freeform era Freeform s 25 Days of Christmas 2 Acquired programming 2 1 Specials 2 2 Series 2 3 Film franchises 2 4 Films 3 Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas Kickoff to Christmas and FUNDAY 3 1 2011 3 2 2014 3 3 2015 3 4 2016 3 5 2017 3 6 2018 3 7 2019 4 Ratings 4 1 2006 4 2 2007 4 3 2008 4 4 2009 4 5 2010 4 6 2011 4 7 2012 4 8 2014 4 9 2015 4 10 2016 4 11 2017 4 12 2018 4 13 2019 4 14 2020 4 15 2021 4 16 2022 4 17 2023 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksProgramming editOriginal specials edit 1996 Home and Family Christmas Special 2001 Donner 2008 A Miser Brothers Christmas 2009 Gotta Catch Santa Claus 8 Holly and Hal Moose Our Uplifting Christmas Adventure 9 2011 A Very Pink Christmas 10 2017 Disney Parks Presents a Disney Channel Holiday CelebrationOriginal films edit Nearly every year since 25 Days of Christmas debuted in 1996 at least one new holiday related TV film has been produced excluding 2002 2014 and 2015 Starting in 2005 two TV films have been produced In 2007 three films were created for the block due to the popularity of the previous year s films 11 The Family Channel era The Family Channel s 25 Days of Christmas edit 1996 Christmas Every Day 1997 The Christmas ListFox Family era Fox Family s 25 Days of Christmas edit 1998 Like Father Like Santa 1999 The Ghosts of Christmas Eve 2000 Special Delivery 2001 Three DaysABC Family era ABC Family s 25 Days of Christmas edit 2003 Picking Up amp Dropping Off 2004 Snow 2005 Chasing Christmas Christmas in Boston 2006 Christmas Do Over Santa Baby 2007 Christmas Caper Holiday in Handcuffs Snowglobe 2008 Christmas in Wonderland Snow 2 Brain Freeze 2009 The Dog Who Saved Christmas Santa Baby 2 Christmas Maybe 2010 The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation Christmas Cupid The Gruffalo 2011 Desperately Seeking Santa 12 Dates of Christmas 2012 The Mistle Tones 12 Home Alone The Holiday Heist 2013 Holidaze Christmas Bounty 13 14 Freeform era Freeform s 25 Days of Christmas edit 2016 Holiday Joy 2017 Angry Angel 2018 Life Size 2 15 No Sleep Til Christmas 16 The Truth About Christmas 17 2019 Ghosting The Spirit of Christmas Same Time Next ChristmasAcquired programming editAs of 2023 the following acquired programs are included on the 25 Days of Christmas 18 Specials edit The Cricket on the Hearth Frosty the Snowman shared with CBS The Little Drummer Boy Prep amp Landing original special and Naughty vs Nice Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer shared with CBS Santa Claus Is Comin to TownSeries edit Family Guy The SimpsonsFilm franchises edit Frozen original Frozen II and Olaf s Frozen Adventure Home Alone original Lost in New York and Home Alone 3 Jingle All the Way and Jingle All the Way 2 Mickey s Once Upon a Christmas and Mickey s Twice Upon a Christmas Santa Buddies Air Bud The Legend of Santa Paws The Search for Santa Paws and The Santa Pups The Santa Clause complete film trilogy Snow original and Brain Freeze Toy Story complete film quadrilogy and Toy Story That Time Forgot Films edit Black Nativity A Christmas Carol 2009 Daddy s Home 2 Eloise at Christmastime The Family Stone Godmothered The Grinch 2018 Holiday in Handcuffs How the Grinch Stole Christmas 2000 Kung Fu Panda Holiday Love the Coopers Miracle on 34th Street 1994 The Mistle Tones Noelle The Nightmare Before Christmas Prancer Returns Richie Rich s Christmas Wish Snowglobe The Star 12 Dates of Christmas Unaccompanied MinorsCountdown to 25 Days of Christmas Kickoff to Christmas and FUNDAY editIn 2007 due to popular ratings from the previous year ABC Family launched the first official countdown to the programming block which began on November 21 Although this was the first official early start 11 in previous years holiday programming had unofficially begun during the last week of November showing mostly older original films some of which pertained to Christmas and some of which did not 19 Countdown to the 25 Days of Christmas returned in 2008 on November 16 20 In 2018 Freeform announced that the block would be renamed to Kickoff to Christmas and would last throughout the whole month of November 21 This was reprised in 2019 22 In 2023 Freeform abandoned the Countdown Kickoff block in favor of a 30 Days of Disney event with Christmas movies only sparingly featured after Thanksgiving 23 2011 edit In 2011 it started later in the month on November 20 24 In 2012 the countdown began at an earlier date of November 18 14 2014 edit The Countdown to the 25 Days of Christmas ran again in 2014 In 2014 the countdown event which started on Sunday November 23 was even with previous years The highest rated programs of the eight day event were Finding Nemo at 1 8 million viewers Despicable Me at 2 million and an airing of The Hunger Games at 1 7 million Other highlights included Ratatouille on Thanksgiving night which garnered 1 million Cars 2 gained 1 million and Brave which had 1 8 million tune in 25 2015 edit The Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas schedule was released on October 29 2015 The 2015 lineup included family classics such as Toy Story Finding Nemo Jingle All the Way Monsters Inc Ratatouille The Incredibles Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and the cable premiere of Planes A Monday November 30 airing of The Polar Express was watched by 1 5 million viewers the highest rating of this year s Countdown 26 A Saturday November 28 airing of Wreck It Ralph was also watched by 1 5 million viewers 27 The network premiere of Planes on Thanksgiving night garnered only 0 699 million viewers 28 2016 edit The Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas schedule was released on October 22 2016 In 2016 Freeform s first Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas ran from Thanksgiving Day November 24 2016 to December 25 2016 The 2016 lineup includes family movies such as Toy Story Toy Story 2 Toy Story of Terror Brave Tangled Happy Feet Two Tooth Fairy Another Cinderella Story Mulan Wreck It Ralph Matilda Little Rascals Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and Despicable Me Freeform also announced the network premiere of The Odd Life of Timothy Green The Boxtrolls and A Cinderella Story If the Shoe Fits The holiday movies in the 2016 Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas included Fred Claus The Holiday Freeform network premiere Scrooged Jingle All the Way National Lampoon s Christmas Vacation and Deck the Halls 29 The 2016 ratings where on par with previous years The highest airing of the countdown was the November 26 airing of Tangled gaining 1 461M viewers Despicable Me gained 1 2M on November 25 30 2017 edit The Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas schedule was released on October 12 2017 In 2017 Freeform s Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas ran from November 18 2017 to November 30 2017 The 2017 lineup included family movies such as The Incredibles Despicable Me Harry Potter Willy Wonka amp the Chocolate Factory Hook Dennis the Menace Matilda Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The Boxtrolls Freeform also announced the network premiere of Inside Out and Snow Day The holiday movies in the 2017 Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas included Home Alone Elf National Lampoon s Christmas Vacation Four Christmases Freeform network premiere Twas the Night Before Christmas Santa Paws 2 The Santa Pups Frosty s Winter Wonderland Jack Frost The Year Without a Santa Claus A Christmas Carol A Dennis the Menace Christmas Richie Rich s Christmas Wish Jack Frost Rudolph and Frosty s Christmas in July Arthur Christmas Rudolph s Shiny New Year Eloise at Christmastime and The Nightmare Before Christmas 2018 edit On May 15 2018 Freeform announced that the Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas would be renamed Kickoff to Christmas for November 2018 21 The 2017 Kickoff to Christmas schedule was released on October 10 2018 The 2018 Kickoff to Christmas lineup runs from November 1 to 30 2018 and includes films such as Jumanji The Good Dinosaur Inside Out Norm of the North Ratatouille Yogi Bear Frozen Babe Meet the Robinsons The Incredibles Toy Story Storks Paddington Zootopia and others 31 2019 edit As aforementioned this year marked the first time that the original Rudolph and Frosty specials aired on an American cable television network Premieres of Fantastic Mr Fox Despicable Me 2 and The BFG aired during the month of November Ratings edit2006 edit The network premiere of The Polar Express was watched by more than 4 million viewers 32 An encore airing on December 9 was watched by a record 5 million viewers It became the most watched programming to ever air on ABC Family 33 The debut airing of the film Santa Baby was watched by 4 7 million viewers 34 2007 edit The first week of programming averaged 2 3 million viewers 35 2008 edit In 2008 the first week of programming attracted 2 7 million total viewers 35 The entire lineup had an average 2 5 million viewers 36 37 2009 edit The third annual Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas was watched by 1 2 million viewers The network premiere of The Santa Clause 3 was watched by 1 6 million viewers while an airing of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was watched by 1 5 million viewers 38 The premiere of Santa Baby 2 Christmas Maybe was watched by 3 8 million total viewers 37 2010 edit The fourth annual Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas was watched by 2 1 million viewers 39 The lineup began its first week with record breaking 3 million average viewers 40 The December 12 premiere of Christmas Cupid was watched by a total of 3 4 million viewers 41 Total viewers for 2010 broke records averaging 2 8 million viewers 42 An airing of How the Grinch Stole Christmas drew 1 3 million viewers 42 2011 edit The first week of the 25 Days of Christmas was watched by an average of 2 2 million viewers down 27 from last year 43 During the second week viewers increased to 2 4 million thanks to the premiere of 12 Dates of Christmas 44 However this was still down 30 from the previous year 44 Overall viewers for the 2011 lineup averaged 2 3 million viewers 45 2012 edit In 2012 the programming block had its most ever total viewers in its debut week with 2 9 million 46 An airing of the film Dr Seuss How the Grinch Stole Christmas on December 2 became the lineup s most watched program ever with 5 4 million viewers 47 48 Other notable airings included the network premiere of Despicable Me watched by over 4 3 million viewers 49 and a Christmas Eve airing of The Santa Clause 2 watched by 3 9 million viewers 50 The programming block averaged 2 8 million viewers for 2012 on pace with 2010 48 2014 edit In its 17th year 25 Days of Christmas powered ABC Family as the top cable network in primetime among women 18 34 The entire line up averaged 2 5 million viewers A Friday December 5 airing of Dr Seuss How The Grinch Stole Christmas was watched by 3 7 million The network premiere of Toy Story That Time Forgot gained 3 4 million while an airing of the classic Toy Story 3 gained 2 7 million viewers 51 The highest rated airing of Elf gained 3 5 million viewers while the highest rated airing of National Lampoon s Christmas Vacation gained 3 2 million An airing of the Tim Allen classic The Santa Clause with limited commercials gained 2 9 million viewers Christmas Eve ratings on the network saw ratings of The Polar Express at 2 2 million Home Alone at 2 7 million and National Lampoon s Christmas Vacation and Elf each at more than 4 million 52 The holiday airings of Pretty Little Liars gained 2 million viewers while Chasing Life gained 1 2 million The comedies of Melissa and Joey and Baby Daddy gained 1 million and 800 000 viewers respectively 53 2015 edit In 2015 the highest rated event was an airing of Elf on December 5 at 3 7mil and another airing on December 24 at 3 1mil Ratings on Christmas Eve were down on the network due to increased competition from other networks Elf proved once again to draw large audiences On December 1 The Polar Express gained 2 4mil an airing of Dr Seuss How the Grinch Stole Christmas gained 2 4mil 2 7mil and 2 9mil on multiple dates The highest airing of The Santa Clause was December 2 gaining 2 6mil 54 An airing of the Toy Story trilogy on December 13 14 gained 2mil 2 5mil and 1 4mil Christmas Eve on the network was National Lampoon s Christmas Vacation at 2 4mil and Elf at 3 1mil Christmas Day was weak averaging less than 2mil per airing 54 2016 edit The 25 Days of Christmas schedule was released in late October by Freeform While notable absences include Jim Carrey s How the Grinch Stole Christmas Home Alone and the second and third The Santa Clause films the schedule still includes many classics The schedule includes 25 days of classics like Willy Wonka amp The Chocolate Factory National Lampoon s Christmas Vacation The Santa Clause Tim Burton s The Nightmare Before Christmas Jack Frost Disney s A Christmas Carol The Polar Express The Holiday Elf Jingle All The Way Scrooged Deck the Halls Toy Story Frozen and Happy Feet 55 2016 ratings of 25 Days of Christmas were down from previous years The highest rated airing was December 4 when Elf gained 2 5M viewers Other airings of Elf gained 2 1M 1 8M and 2 0M A Toy Story marathon on December 10 gained 1 3M 1 5m and 1 4m An airing of Frozen gained 2 3M on December 17 30 Christmas Eve on the network saw The Polar Express at 1 4M The Santa Clause at 1 7M Elf at 2 7M and National Lampoon s Christmas Vacation at 2 8M viewers 30 2017 edit Alongside its traditional lineup of acquired and Disney films the lineup for 2017 included the new original film Angry Angel starring Jason Biggs and Brenda Song and the new special Decorating Disney Holiday Magic which documented how Disney s theme parks are prepared for the holiday season On October 31 2017 it was announced that the 25 Days of Christmas branding would also be used for holiday programming on sister properties ABC including new seasons of the seasonal miniseries The Great Christmas Light Fight and The Great American Baking Show as well as its other traditional specials Disney Channel including Disney Parks Presents a Disney Channel Holiday Celebration Disney Junior including The Lion Guard special Timon and Pumbaa s Christmas and Disney XD Milo Murphy s Law A Christmas Peril and Star vs the Forces of Evil Stump Day Holiday Spellcial 1 56 Nielsen estimated that at least 150 million viewers watched part of a program on Freeform during the event 57 2018 edit Over the first two weeks after Thanksgiving average viewership of feature films on Freeform fell by 36 over 2017 due primarily to its loss of several major mainstays of the 25 Days lineup such as the Harry Potter film series whose cable rights moved to Syfy and USA Network earlier in the year 58 59 as well as various Warner Bros owned films and specials including Elf and National Lampoon s Christmas Vacation and 12 Rankin Bass specials that were acquired by AMC for a competing holiday lineup 60 57 The original movie Life Size 2 a sequel to a 2000 ABC made for TV film starring Tyra Banks was seen by 1 26 million viewers 61 2019 edit This year s airing includes The Muppet Christmas Carol as well as the premiere of Prancer Returns Ghosting The Spirit of Christmas Perfect Holiday Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Frosty the Snowman and Same Time Next Christmas 62 2020 edit This seasonal airing includes It s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie Christmas with the Kranks Deck the Halls 2006 film Snow 2004 film Snow 2 Brain Freeze Jingle All the Way 2 and The Preacher s Wife as well as the network s premieres of The Grinch The Night Before Almost Christmas The Star and Black Nativity 63 2021 edit 2022 edit This year s airing includes Kung Fu Panda Holiday and Home Alone 3 as well as the network s premiere of Mr Magoo s Christmas Carol Walt Disney Animation Studios Frozen II and a short film Olaf s Frozen Adventure 2023 editSee also 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