Days of Our Lives: A Very Salem Christmas

Days of Our Lives: A Very Salem Christmas, directed by Noel Maxam, is an American Christmas film based on the daytime soap opera television series, Days of Our Lives. It premiered on Peacock on December 16, 2021.^[1]

Days of Our Lives: A Very Salem Christmas
Directed by	Noel Maxam
Written by	Ron Carlivati
Screenplay by	David Kreizman
Story by	Ryan Quan
Based on	Days of Our Lives by Ted Corday Betty Corday
Produced by	Ken Corday Albert Alarr
Starring	Chandler Massey Eileen Davidson Alison Sweeney Deidre Hall Drake Hogestyn Jackée Harry Arianne Zucker Daniel Feuerriegel Paul Telfer Greg Rikaart Zach Tinker Billy Flynn Camila Banus Blake Berris Eric Martsolf Lucas Adams Raven Bowens Lindsay Arnold Carson Boatman
Production companies	Corday Productions Sony Pictures Television
Distributed by	Peacock
Release date	December 16, 2021 (2021-12-16)
Running time	78 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

As of 2023, Peacock has removed the movie from their library along with the spinoff show, Beyond Salem.

Premise

Will Horton (Chandler Massey) writes a script involving the residents of his hometown, Salem, Illinois, before his Christmas Eve deadline.

Cast

Main

• Deidre Hall as Marlena Evans
• Drake Hogestyn as John Black
• Alison Sweeney as Sami Brady
• Jackée Harry as Paulina Price
• Arianne Zucker as Nicole DiMera
• Eric Martsolf as Brady Black
• Camila Banus as Gabi Hernandez
• Paul Telfer as Xander Kiriakis
• Daniel Feuerriegel as EJ DiMera
• Blake Berris as Nick Fallon
• Lucas Adams as Tripp Dalton
• Lindsay Arnold as Allie Horton
• Raven Bowens as Chanel Dupree
• Carson Boatman as Johnny DiMera
• Chandler Massey as Will Horton
• Zach Tinker as Sonny Kiriakis
• Greg Rikaart as Leo Stark
• Evelyn Stephenson as Sydney DiMera
• Billy Flynn as Chad DiMera
• Eileen Davidson as Kristen Black
• Greg Vaughan as Eric Brady

Production

On November 15, 2021, Davidson announced the first Days of Our Lives movie, A Very Salem Christmas for Peacock at The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip event in Malibu. Along with the announcement, it was revealed Davidson and Massey would star.^[1] On November 22, 2021, it was announced Sweeney had also been cast;^[2] the film's full cast list was revealed later the same day.^[3]