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Rating: 5 stars

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Christmas rankin bass xmas snow orphan stop motion stopmo

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

Directed by Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin, Jr.

Holiday | Family | Animation

Overview

A young shepherd, Lucas, is blinded by lightening, and some kindly nuns at a nearby abbey take him in. Sister Catherine describes snow to Lucas, who has never seen it. Lucas gets chosen to play an angel in the abbey’s Christmas pageant, and the Christmas snow that falls during the pageant works a small miracle.

Length 24 minutes

Actors

Angela Lansbury | Cyril Ritchard | David Kelley | Dina Lynn | Iris Rainer | Joan Gardner | Don Messick | Greg Thomas | Sean Manning | Hilary Momberger | Dru Stevens

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

Not sure if I’ve seen this and don’t recall it airing on TV back in the day. Maybe I saw it as a kid and just forgot because it’s not very good. I can give it a point for the stop motion Rankin Bass production and Angela Lansbury but not one I’d revisit.

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