My mom was telling me about a TV episode (she implied it may have been alfred hitchcock presents, or twilight zone) where a child wishes it were christmas everyday but after going through it for a few days the kid gets really unhappy with how things are going.
What episode would this be? I know there is a movie called ‘Christmas every day’ but that was from 1996. I’m thinking this episode was earlier than that. There was a 1987 TV show with the same title though. I’m not sure if that was what she was referring to.
Are there any others, because I’m not sure if the 2 I listed above are the ones she was referring to.
William Dean Howells wrote a short story (or maybe it was published as a children’s book, it’s aimed at children) with this plot called “Christmas Every Day.”
Not exactly what you’re looking for, but memories can be conflated and this added, so: “It’s a Good Life” is one of the more classic Twilight Zone episodes. He wishes for snow, not specifically Christmas, and he doesn’t fix it at the end. It was remade for the movie, got a later sequel, and was used in the THoH episode in Simpsons S2.
Or Rick Ross’ “Hustlin’,” although I think he means a different type of snow…
I think there was a segment like this in the “Twilight Zone” Movie, as well. Although I think it was the adults who were slowly disintegrating under the pressure.
Having it be Christmas every day would truly be terrifying.
No one would be working, except for emergency workers and movie theater operators. The economy would grind to a halt. You’d have to find some way, somehow, to do Christmas shopping even though no stores are open, because you need to find Christmas presents for tomorrow.
After a few weeks, the whole nation – nay, the entire world – would become a post-apocalyptic hellscape. And when “Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas” came on the radio, you’d choose the moment where he sings “Don’t you wish that ev’ry day were Christmas day?” to end your life.
