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The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow (1975)
Directed by Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
Animation · 24m
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.
Cast
Angela Lansbury
Sister Theresa / Narrator (voice)
Cyril Ritchard
Father Thomas (voice)
D
David Kelley
Lucas (voice)
D
Dina Lynn
Louisa (voice)
Iris Rainer
Sister Catherine (voice)
J
Joan Gardner
Sister Jean (voice)
Don Messick
(voice)
G
Greg Thomas
(voice)
S
Sean Manning
(voice)
Hilary Momberger-Powers
(voice)
D
Dru Stevens
(voice)
Crew
- Director
- Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
- Writer
- Jules Bass
- Editor
- Irwin Goldress
- Producer
- Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass
Details
- Release date
- 1975-12-19
- Runtime
- 24m
- Genres
- Animation
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Japan, United States of America
- Production
- Rankin/Bass Productions