
The current (as of 2021) logo for the 25 Days of Christmas, used since 2018.

The original logo for the Family Channel's 25 Days of Christmas, used in 1995.

The second logo for the Family Channel's 25 Days of Christmas, used in 1996 and 1997.

The logo for Fox Family's 25 Days of Christmas from 1998 and 1999.

A print advertisement promoting the event in 1998 (oddly using the logo from the Family Channel era).

Another variant of the 1998-99 logo for Fox Family's 25 Days of Christmas.

The block's logo used in 2000.

One of several variations of the block's logo used during the first year of the ABC Family era (2001).

The block's logo used in 2002.

The logo used in 2003 and in 2004.

The last logo for ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas, used from 2005 to 2015.
The 25 Days of Christmas (fully known as The Family Channel's 25 Days of Christmas from 1995 to 1997, Fox Family's 25 Days of Christmas from 1998 to 2000, and ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas from 2001 to 2015) is an annual programming block that has aired on the Freeform cable channel and its predecessors since 1995. As the title implies, it is shown every year from December 1st to December 25th, and features classic holiday programming, as well as new Christmas-themed television films, and occasionally new Christmas-themed episodes of the networks' original series. Since 2006, the block has also aired general-interest family films such as the Harry Potter films, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and various Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar films.
A companion block titled Kickoff to Christmas (formerly Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas) also aired on the channel every November from 2007 to 2020.
For 2017 and 2018, the block also aired on sister channels ABC, the Disney Channel, Disney XD, and Disney Junior.[1]
Original programming
Original movies
Almost every year since 1996, at least one new TV film is produced for the block. Three films were created for the channel in 2007, due to the popularity generated from the previous year.[2] No new original Christmas movies were made for the block in 2002, 2014, or 2015.
Although the branding was expanded to four other channels in 2017 and 2018, no new Christmas movies premiered on ABC, the Disney Channel, Disney XD, or Disney Junior in those years. As such, all the films listed in the table below premiered on Freeform and its predecessors.
Original specials and TV episodes

The previous logo for Freeform's 25 Days of Christmas, used in 2016 and 2017.
- The Family Channel / Fox Family / ABC Family / Freeform
- 1996: Home and Family Christmas Special
- 1998: The New Addams Family: "Christmas with the Addams Family"
- 2000: Santa Mouse and the Ratdeer
- 2001: Donner
- 2002: The Christmas Orange
- 2008:
- 2009:
- 2011: A Very Pink Christmas
- 2013:
- Melissa & Joey: "A New Kind of Christmas"
- Baby Daddy: "Emma's First Christmas"
- 2014:
- The Fosters: "Christmas Past"
- Switched at Birth: "Yuletide Fortune Tellers"
- Pretty Little Liars: "How the 'A' Stole Christmas"
- Baby Daddy: "It's a Wonderful Emma"
- Melissa & Joey: "A Melanie & Josiah Christmas"
- 2017: Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic
- 2019: Good Trouble: "Christmas at the Coterie"

The 2017 25 Days of Christmas logo as seen on the Disney Channel.
- Disney Channel
- 2017:
- Bizarrdvark: "A Killer Robot Christmas"
- Disney Parks Presents a Disney Channel Holiday Celebration
- Hotel Transylvania: The Series: "The Fright Before Creepmas"
- The Lion Guard: "Timon and Pumbaa's Christmas"
- Mickey and the Roadster Racers: "Happy Hot Diggity Dog Holiday!" / "Happy Holiday Helpers!"
- Puppy Dog Pals: "A Very Pug Christmas" / "The Latke Kerfuffle"
- Sofia the First: "The Mystic Isles: A Very Mystic Wassailia"
- Stuck in the Middle: "Stuck at Christmas"
- 2018:
- Bizzardvark: "Holiday Video Sketchtacular"
- Coop and Cami Ask the World: "Would You Wrather Get a Moose Angry?"
- Disney Parks Presents a 25 Days of Christmas Holiday Party
- DuckTales: "Last Christmas!"
- Fancy Nancy: "Nancy and the Nice List"
- Muppet Babies: "A Very Muppet Babies Christmas" / "Summer's Super Fabulous Holiday Surprise"
- Puppy Dog Pals: "A Santa for Bob"

The 2017 25 Days of Christmas logo as seen on Disney XD.
- Disney XD
- 2017:
- Milo Murphy's Law: "A Christmas Peril"
- Pickle and Peanut: "Tree Lighting" / "A Merry Mocap Musical"
- Star vs. the Forces of Evil: "Stump Day" / "Holiday Spellcial"
- Disney Junior
- 2017:
- Goldie & Bear: "Winterchime Day"
- 2018:
- Doc McStuffins: "The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special"
- Elena of Avalor: "Snow Place Like Home"
- Vampirina: "Nanpire and Grandpop the Greats"*

The 25 Days of Christmas logo as seen on ABC.
- ABC
- 2017:
- American Housewife: "Blue Christmas"
- Fresh Off the Boat: "Do You Hear What I Hear?"
- 2018:
- American Housewife: "Saving Christmas"
- Black-ish: "Christmas in Theater Eight"
- The Conners: "Hold the Salt"
- Fresh Off the Boat: "Cousin Eddie"
- The Goldbergs: "Yippee Ki Yay Melon Farmer"
- The Kids Are Alright: "Christmas 1972"
- A Million Little Things: "Christmas Wishlist"
- Modern Family: "Stuck in a Moment"
- Single Parents: "The Magic Box"
- Speechless: "J-I–JINGLE T-H–THON"
Current non-original programming (2023)
The following is a list of Christmas films and specials presently featured during the 25 Days of Christmas (as of 2021) that originally either premiered theatrically, direct-to-video, or on another TV network.
- Movies
- TV specials
- Cricket on the Hearth
- Frosty the Snowman
- Kung Fu Panda Holiday
- The Little Drummer Boy
- Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
- Olaf's Frozen Adventure
- Prep & Landing
- Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
- Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
- Toy Story That Time Forgot
- TV episodes
- The Simpsons: "Bobby, It's Cold Outside"
- The Simpsons: "The Fight Before Christmas"
- The Simpsons: "Grift of the Magi"
- The Simpsons: "Holidays of Future Passed"
- The Simpsons: "Manger Things"
- The Simpsons: "Marge Be Not Proud"
- The Simpsons: "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace"
- The Simpsons: "The Nightmare After Krustmas"
- The Simpsons: "She of Little Faith"
- The Simpsons: "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"
- The Simpsons: "A Springfield Summer Christmas for Christmas"
- The Simpsons: "Skinner's Sense of Snow"
- The Simpsons: "'Tis the Fifteenth Season"
- The Simpsons: "White Christmas Blues"
Past programming (Freeform)
The following non-original Christmas specials and films listed below have aired as part of the 25 Days of Christmas on Freeform and its predecessors in past years. Some of these programs are still aired on Disney's other channels.
- Movies
- TV specials
- TV episodes
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Companion block
- Main article: Kickoff to Christmas
In 2007, due to popular ratings from the previous year, ABC Family launched a companion block titled the Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas, which began on November 23, the day after Thanksgiving. Although this was the first official early start,[6] in later years, holiday programming typically began during the last week or two of November, showing mostly older original films, some of which pertained to Christmas and some that did not. In 2018, it was renamed Kickoff to Christmas and was expanded to cover the full month of November.
Soundtrack
- Main article: Songs to Celebrate 25 Days of Christmas
In 2009, Walt Disney Records released a compilation album titled Songs to Celebrate 25 Days of Christmas. The album featured music from their 2009 special premieres as well as previously released songs that were featured in other programs broadcast on the block, with the notable inclusion of Jimmy Durante's version of "Frosty the Snowman" from the 1969 TV special, which at the time was not airing on the block.
Criticism
Many fans of the 25 Days of Christmas programming block have expressed discontent with the inclusion of such films as the Harry Potter films, various Disney and Pixar films, and other non-holiday films in the lineup. Fans have also taken issue with the abundance of certain specials and movies being repeated numerous times throughout the block. This has sparked many complaints to the network, via email and their Facebook page.[7]