Enter “Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas.” This 1997 straight-to-video expansion flick directed by Andy Knight was both a holiday and non-holiday watch for my sister and me.

Presented by the anthology series The Wonderful World of Disney, the two-hour reimagining of the beloved story of “Beauty and the Beast” will air Thursday, Dec. 15 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC, with ...