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December 25:

Film releases
 * 1957 - Teenage Monster, an American independent science fiction horror film
 * 1964 - Kiss Me Quick!, an American science fiction film
 * 1976 - The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, an American horror thriller film
 * 1993 - Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, an American animated superhero film
 * 1998 - The Faculty, an American horror/science-fiction film
 * 1999 - Galaxy Quest, an American science fiction comedy film
 * 2001 - Kate & Leopold, An American romantic comedy science fiction film
 * 2003 - Paycheck, a film adaptation of the short story of the same name by Philip K. Dick
 * 2007 - Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, an American science fiction film
 * 2011 - The Darkest Hour, a 3D science-fiction action horror film

Television series
 * 1966 - Thunderbirds, a British science fiction television show devised by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, finishes airing on ATV
 * 1972 - The Stone Tape, a single-episode British science fiction television play, airs on BBC 2
 * 2005 - The Christmas Invasion, a television special in the Doctor Who series, aires on BBC Wales

Births
 * 1916 - Allen Adler (d. 1964), an American science fiction author and screenwriter
 * 1924 - Rod Serling (d. 1975), an American screenwriter, television producer, and narrator best known his science fiction anthology TV series, The Twilight Zone

Deaths
 * 2008 - Edd Cartier (b. 1914), an American pulp magazine illustrator
 * 2008 - Leo Frankowski (b. 1943), an American writer of science fiction novels