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. The brand covers airings of classic holiday specials as well as new Christmas-themed television movies each year. For most of the block's run, fourteen specials from the Rankin/Bass Productions library of Christmas specials served as the centerpiece of the event.