The Movie Timeline - be obsessive, be very obsessive
Movie events on the 25th December
Brian of Nazareth is born nearby Jesus Christ. (Bethlehem) (Monty Python's Life of Brian)
Cab Calloway is born. (Rochester, New York) (Cotton Club, The )
Ralphie Parker gets a Red Ryder BB Gun for Christmas and doesn't shoot his eye out. (Hammond, Indiana) (A Christmas Story)
Dawn Davenport runs away from home after not receiving cha-cha heel shoes for Christmas and is impregnated by Earl Peterson. (Baltimore, Maryland) (Female Trouble)
Zachary Beaulieu born. (Quebec) (C.R.A.Z.Y.)
Charlie Chaplin dies. (Vevey, Switzerland) (Chaplin)
Jim Williams' lavish Christmas Party, where he murders his hotheaded ex-lover Billy. (Savannah, GA) (Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil)
Rocky Balboa defeats Ivan Drago, who was already killed Apollo Creed, in an exhibition boxing match. (Soviet Union) (Rocky IV)
Brian Jackson has Christmas lunch with his mother Julie and her new boyfriend, ice cream seller Des. (Southend, Essex) (Starter for Ten)
Maureen Johnson protests at losing her performance space. (East Village, New York City, New York) (Rent)
Kevin McAllister's mother returns home to her son, who has been left home alone for two days. (Chicago) (Home Alone)
140lb+2 mince pies... Bridget Jones's parents reunite; Mark Darcy announces his engagement to Natasha Glenville. (Bridget Jones's Diary)
Chuck Noland's FedEx cargo plane crashes, stranding him on an island for four years. (South Pacific Ocean) (Cast Away)
Teacher Sheba Hart tries and fails to end her affair with 15 year-old pupil Steven Connolly. (Islington, London) (Notes on a Scandal)