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.
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. On November 22, 2021, it was announced Sweeney had also been cast; the film's full cast list was revealed later the same day.