December 24

December 24 is known as the day before Christmas (or Christmas Eve) in Christian Culture, and in checkiday.com & daysoftheyear.com, it's also known as "National Eggnog Day".

Shorts

 * 1937 - Lonesome Ghosts
 * 1948 - Tea for Two Hundred

Feature Films

 * 1970 - The Aristocats

Warner Bros.

 * 1981 - 1966's How the Grinch Stole Christmas was released in Italy.

Disney

 * 1993 - The Bill Nye the Science Guy episode "Light & Color" premieres in syndication.
 * 1998 - The Bear in the Big Blue House episode "Look What I Made" premieres on Playhouse Disney.

VHS & DVD Releases

 * 1993 - Disney Sing Along Songs: The Twelve Days of Christmas

Births

 * 1931 - Robert Ridgely (live-action/voice actor and vocal artist)
 * 1943 - Suzy Menkes (journalist)
 * 1951 - Gaëtan Brizzi (French director, artist, writer and producer)
 * 1952 - Victoria Hochberg (director, writer and producer)
 * 1960 - Glenn McQueen (animator)
 * 1965 - Robert Cait (live-action/voice actor and comedian)
 * 1966 - Diedrich Bader (same as above)
 * 1970 - Keith Silverstein (live-action/voice actor)
 * 1971 - Ricky Martin (singer, songwriter, actor and author)
 * 1974 - Ryan Seacrest (television host, radio personality and producer)
 * 1977 - Michael Raymond-James (actor)
 * 1982 - Robert Schwartzman (actor and singer)
 * 1991 - Jordan "Jordy" Ranft (live-action/voice actor and poet)

Deaths

 * 1941 - Lee Millar Sr. (voice actor)
 * 2012 - Charles Durning (actor)