The Night Before Christmas (1905)
- Directed by
- Edwin Stanton Porter
- Genre
- fantasy film, silent film, Christmas film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 9 min
- Rating
- 6.1 of 10 from 28 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A silent film adaptation of the classic poem about Santa Claus visiting a home on Christmas Eve. The film shows the quiet household and Santa's arrival.
nostalgicwhimsicalgentletimelesscozysimplewarm
What happens
The Night Before Christmas is a 1905 American silent short film directed by Edwin S. Porter for the Edison Manufacturing Company. It closely follows Clement Clarke Moore's 1823 poem Twas the Night Before Christmas, and was the first film production of the poem. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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