December 19

December 19 is known in checkiday.com as "National Hard Candy Day" & "Holly Day", and in it & daysoftheyear.com, it's also "Look for an Evergreen Day", "Re-Gifting Day" and "Oatmeal Muffin Day".

Births

 * 1914 - Mel Shaw (animator, design artist, writer and artist)
 * 1915 - Ken O'Brien (animator)
 * 1925 - Robert B. Sherman (songwriter)
 * 1952 - Linda Woolverton (screenwriter, producer, author and playwright)
 * 1962 - Jill Talley (live-action/voice actress)
 * 1963 - Til Schweiger (actor, director and producer)
 * 1968 - Ken Marino (actor, comedian, director and screenwriter)
 * 1969 - Kristy Swanson (actress)
 * 1971 - Amy Locane (actress)
 * 1972 - Alyssa Milano (actress, producer and former singer)
 * 1980 - Jake Gyllenhaal (actor)

Deaths

 * 2003 - Les Tremayne (radio, film and television actor)

Shorts

 * 1936 - More Kittens
 * 1962 - A Symposium on Popular Songs

Television

 * 1957 - The Zorro episode "Double Trouble for Zorro" premieres on ABC.
 * 1958 - The Walt Disney Presents episode From All of Us to All of You premieres on ABC.
 * 1987 - The Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears season three finale, "Gummi Dearest" premieres on NBC.
 * 1992 - Disney's Christmas Fantasy on Ice premiere on CBS.
 * 1998 - The Recess episode "Yes, Mikey, Santa Does Shave" was going to premiere on ABC. However, due to the channel running news about President Bill Clinton's impeachment, One Saturday Morning was pre-empted and the episode's premiere date was moved to December 26.
 * 1999 - PB&J Otter premieres on Playhouse Disney with the episode "Baby Butter's Bankie/Three Super Otters".
 * 2003
 * The That's So Raven episode "Separation Anxiety" premieres on Disney Channel.
 * Kim Possible premieres on Disney Channel with the episode "Queen Bebe".
 * The Teamo Supremo episode "The Mark of Comrade Z!" premieres on Toon Disney.

Feature Films

 * 1980 - The Aristocats (theatrical rerelease)
 * 1986 - Lady and the Tramp (final theatrical rerelease)
 * 2002 - 25th Hour (Touchstone Pictures)
 * 2012 - Monsters, Inc. (3D rerelease)
 * 2018 - Mary Poppins Returns

Theme park happenings

 * 1984 - Country Bear Christmas Special debuts at Walt Disney World.
 * 1998 - Test Track has a soft opening at Epcot.
 * 2018 - The Tropical Hideaway has a soft-opening at Disneyland.

VHS & DVD releases

 * 2006
 * Invincible
 * ''Walt Disney Treasures
 * Your Host Walt Disney
 * The Complete Pluto, Volume 2
 * More Silly Symphonies
 * The Hardy Boys - The Mickey Mouse Club''
 * Step Up (Touchstone Home Entertainment)