Jimmy Kimmel to Deliver ‘Deeply Personal’ Christmas Day Message on U.K.’s Channel 4

Jimmy Kimmel is set to give the 2025 Alternative Christmas Message for U.K. network Channel 4.

Sometimes humorous, sometimes serious, the famed message — which will air on Christmas Day — has become an annual tradition of Channel 4’s and serves as an alternative to the British monarch’s televised address to the nation. Various well-known yet unexpected names have given the address since it first started in 1993, with Kimmel following in the footsteps of former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whistleblower Edward Snowden and French screen icon Brigitte Bardot.

According to the network, Kimmel’s message will see him reflect on the…