December 25

Films

 * 1947 - Bambi (re-release)
 * 1957 - Old Yeller
 * 1958 - Tonka
 * 1963 - The Sword in the Stone
 * 1975 - Ride a Wild Pony
 * 1994 - Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book
 * 1996 - Evita (Hollywood Pictures)
 * 1997 - Mr. Magoo
 * 1998 - Mighty Joe Young
 * 2002 - The Lion King (IMAX special edition)
 * 2003 - The Young Black Stallion
 * 2004 - The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (Touchstone Pictures)
 * 2008 - Bedtime Stories
 * 2014 - Into the Woods

Shorts

 * 1953 - Canvas Back Duck and How to Sleep

Television

 * The annual Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade airs on ABC.
 * 1987 - The DuckTales episode "Spies in Their Eyes" premieres on syndication.

Theme park happenings

 * 1955 - Fink 169 Boats opens at Disneyland.

Births

 * 1907 - Cab Calloway (jazz singer and bandleader); Andrew Cruickshank (actor)
 * 1924 - Rod Serling (screenwriter, novelist, television producer, and narrator)
 * 1952 - C. C. H. Pounder (actress)

Deaths

 * 1946 - W.C. Fields (comedian, actor, juggler, and writer)
 * 1976 - Frankie Darro (actor and stuntman)
 * 1977 - Charlie Chaplin (comic actor, filmmaker, and composer)
 * 2008 - Eartha Kitt (singer, actress, dancer, and cabaret star)