December 25

Theatrical releases

Feature Films

• 1947 - Bambi (re-release)
• 1957 - Old Yeller
• 1958 - Tonka
• 1963 - The Sword in the Stone
• 1969
  • Swiss Family Robinson (re-release)
  • One Hundred and One Dalmatians (re-release)
• 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
• 2019 - Spies in Disguise (20th Century Fox / Blue Sky Studios)
• 2020 - The Last Duel (20th Century Studios)

Shorts

• 1953
  • Canvas Back Duck
  • How to Sleep

Television

• The annual Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade premieres on ABC.
• 1972 - The Mouse Factory episode "Tugboats" premieres in syndication.
• 1987 - The DuckTales episode "Spies in Their Eyes" premieres on syndication.

Theme park happenings

• 1955 - Mike Fink Keel Boats opens at Disneyland.

People

Births

• 1907 - Andrew Cruickshank (Scottish supporting actor)
• 1913 - Candy Candido (voice actor)
• 1924 - Rod Serling (screenwriter, novelist, television producer, and narrator)
• 1952 - C. C. H. Pounder (actress)
• 1970 - Andy Fickman (director, producer, and screenwriter)

Deaths

• 1976 - Frankie Darro (actor, stuntman, and voice actor)
• 2008 - Eartha Kitt (singer, actress, dancer, activist, author, and songwriter)