December 27

December 27 is known in checkiday.com and daysoftheyear.com as "National Fruitcake Day".

Shorts

 * 1926 - Alice the Lumberjack
 * 1940 - Pantry Pirate

Television

 * 2002 - Kim Possible premieres on Disney Channel with the episode "The Twin Factor".
 * 2008 - Little Einsteins premieres on Playhouse Disney with the episode "Flight of the Instrument Fairies".

Births

 * 1902 - Carman Maxwell (animator and voice actor)
 * 1914 - Jack Bradbury (animator and comic book artist)
 * 1948 - Gérard Depardieu (actor, filmmaker, businessman and vineyard owner)
 * 1966 - Bill Goldberg (actor and professional wrestler)
 * 1969 - Sarah Vowell (author, journalist, essayist, social commentator and actress)
 * 1972 - Thomas Wilson Brown (actor)
 * 1975 - Heather O'Rourke (actress)
 * 1981 - Emilie de Ravin (same as above)
 * 1991 - Chloe Bridges (same as above)

Deaths

 * 1990 - Helene Stanley (actress)
 * 1999 - Leonard H. Goldenson (former president of ABC)
 * 2003 - Pete Alvarado (animator and comic book artist)
 * 2016 - Carrie Fisher (actress, writer and humorist)