A 1953 Coronet educational film about where ‘Silent Night’ comes from. Many will be already familiar with the story. But this film takes a nice calm and measured approach to the churchy little story. I like churches just fine. I just don’t like seeing people inside them.
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Sally Saves Christmas
Some of the readers of this site will know that this story is the original piece of material behind Candlelight Stories. Back in 1994, I sat at a very flimsy folding table in a Los Angeles apartment with a box of pastels, crayons and ballpoint pens to scratch out a pile of illustrations that vaguely added up to some kind of Christmas tale. I still have all those original drawings in a big department store box.
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The Insects’ Christmas
A 1913 stop-motion film produced by the Russian Khanzhonkov Company and directed by Vladislav Starevich. Gorgeous. Look at how expressive Father Christmas is. He begins the tale as an ornament on a tree. He climbs down and makes his way into the forest.
Peace on Earth: Post-Apocalyptic Christmas 1939
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
Inspired Christmas silliness! I found this over at Dangerous Minds.
Christmas Photos From Around the World
Image Credit: REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo
The Big Picture blog has posted a collection of photographs showing Christmas preparations and celebrations from around the world. This picture shows a woman in Manila connecting electric decorations while her son sleeps.
The photo is by Cheryl Ravelo of REUTERS.