60'
1977-12-03
10
Overview:
A collection of animated Christmas shorts: An original Maurice Sendak piece about a boy with nothing to give for Christmas -- An excerpt from the early part of Virginia Woolf's "Orlando" set in a time of extreme cold in Tudor England -- A short based on the Toonerville Trolley -- A bittersweet excerpt from Moss Hart's autobiography "Act One" narrated by Jose Ferrer -- A reading from the Christmas day entry from the diary of 11-year-old Teddy Roosevelt -- A reading of a letter by Captain Edward James Hulse describing the surprising Christmas Truce of 1914 -- An animated version by R.O. Blechman of his own book "Tutto Esaurito" (No Vacancy) about the travels of Mary and Joseph.
Cast
Details:
- Budget: 0
- Home page
- Revenue: 0
- List of countries:
- United States of America
- List of languages:
- English
- List of companies:
- THIRTEEN
- Educational Broadcasting Corporation
- Vote Count: 1
- Popularity: 0.5064
- Status: Released
- Original title:Simple Gifts
