Underplayed Gems

The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow (1975)

The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow poster
Directed by
Jules Bass
Genre
Christmas film, stop-motion animated film
Country
United States
Runtime
24 min
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 21 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A stop-motion animated story about a group of children in a snowy village. They learn about the first Christmas from a kindly nun who tells them the tale.

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What happens

The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow is a 1975 American-Japanese Christmas stop motion animated television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions which originally premiered on NBC on December 19, 1975. It is narrated by Angela Lansbury and co-stars Cyril Ritchard. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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