This animated color feature finds a mother bear and her two young cubs eagerly waiting for Santa Claus to visit them in Yellowstone National Park. A kindly forest ranger who first told them about the jolly old elf is persuaded to impersonate Santa, and the young bears help him save the holiday
TOYS WILL BE TOYS.
THE LITTLE CHRISTMAS BURRO
Color, 25 min, NR-Suitable for all ages. Lorne Greene narrates this heartwarming children's animated Christmas special. A tiny burro is too small to be of use to the masters, but he is eventually given a very special job when other burros are bogged down with cargo. The little fellow is then enlisted to carry the Baby Jesus and Mary on his back.
BRIGHTEST NIGHT
1952 Color, 15 min, NR--(Suitable for All Ages) Here the true meaning of Christmas is celebrated by a family. A mother and father tell their children the Nativity Story of Luke 2 and Matthew 2. As they share the story, the Nativity is enacted with colorful miniature characters in a miniature setting.
CHRISTMAS NIGHT
1933, B & W , 8 min. NR (Suitable for all ages) The Little King sees his people making Christmas preparations, but he himself is feeling glum. He joins two friends at a Christmas display window, then invites them into his castle. They go downstairs to nail up their stockings and then retire to bed. Santa comes down the chimney and grows a fully-decorated tree from a "Xmas Tree Seed."
THE CHRISTMAS VISITOR
1959, Color, 7 min, NR (Suitable For All Ages) Another animated classic retelling of "The Night Before Christmas" where not a creature was stirring not even a mouse.
TOYS WILL BE TOYS
1949 NR-Suitable for all ages-The toys come alive when nobody is looking, and it is true love when the Nutcracker comes face-to-face with the most beautiful doll in the world: The Queen of Toyland.
Jack Frost
In Enchanting Stop-Motion Animation Starring Buddy Hackett as Pardon-Me-Pete and Featuring the Songs: "Me and My Shadow" and "The Christmas Song"--The Groundhog tells the story of how Jack frost became human and helped a knight win his lady love!--The 1979 Bass/Rankin production Jack Frost is a made-for-TV stop-motion animation feature. Buddy Hackett narrates the story as the voice of groundhog Pardon-Me-Pete. The spirit of winter, Jack Frost (voice of Robert Morse), falls for a young woman named Elisa (voice of Debra Clinger). He asks Father Winter to make him into a human so he can win her love. However, she is already engaged to the brave knight, Sir Danny. When the villainous King Kubla Kraus (voice of Paul Frees) kidnaps her, Jack has to turn back into his spirit form in order to use his powers to save her.
Rudolph and Friends
1944-9 min-Color-NR-(Suitable for All Ages)-Two decades before Rudolph came to the small screen, Robert L. May's enduring creation was given the Max Fleischer special touch in this nostalgic cartoon. Johnny Marks' infectious song leads into the well-known story of Santa's winter weather troubles and how the bullied little deer saved the day/night. This makes a fine addition to a family's Christmas Eve viewing.
SANTA'S SURPRISE
1947-9 min-Color NR-(suitable for all ages) Five children from around the world follow Santa home on Christmas Eve and decide to give him some extra help around the workshop.
CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR
1936-8 min-Color- NR (Suitable for all ages) Children living in an orphanage wake up Christmas morning to find all of their gifts from Santa broken. When an inventor passes by and hears the children's cries, he uses his skills to give those underprivileged children a Christmas that they would never forget. A truly priceless Christmas treasure for the whole family to enjoy.
