A Snow White Christmas

A Snow White Christmas

Year: 1980

Runtime: 50 mins

Language: English

Director: Kay Wright

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The wicked queen summons a freezing storm to kill young Snow White, but it engulfs the whole village, sparing her by a hair. She flees to the Seven Friendly Giants and finds friendship. The queen’s chase continues, hunting Snow White wherever she hides. The giants must shield her from the queen’s wrath or watch her become an icy tragedy like parents.

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1

Ruler of Noel: Snow White's peaceful reign begins

Snow White and King Charming have defeated the Wicked Queen and now rule Noel with their teenage daughter Snow White. The family settles into a new era of governance as winter approaches.

After the Queen's defeat Noel
2

Christmas Eve festival planned

The royal family hosts a Christmas Eve winter sports festival, inviting villagers and friends. Grunyon the bumbling dwarf is among the participants, while Snow White expresses a wish to build a playhouse for all children and to remodel a deserted mountaintop castle.

Leading up to Christmas Eve Noel
3

Wicked Queen awakens from ice prison

The Wicked Queen, frozen near her abandoned castle, is freed when the great ice melts. She learns from the Magic Mirror that two Snow Whites now stand between her and power, igniting her resolve to reclaim the throne. Her return sets a new wave of danger.

When ice melts, freeing her Abandoned castle / Ice prison
4

Ice storm threatens Noel

The Queen conjures a magical ice storm that freezes much of the kingdom, narrowly sparing the second Snow White. The princess is warned by her mother to seek safety before their royal parents are turned into ice statues.

Shortly after her release Noel
5

Search for the Seven Dwarfs

With the clock ticking, the mother urges Snow White to find the Seven Dwarfs to aid in breaking the curse. The task becomes urgent as time runs out and the parents face a chilling fate.

During the storm and impending statue curse Noel / royal forest
6

Escape into the forest

Snow White and Grunyon flee into the forest to escape the ice storm's reach. They press on through the cold and snow, seeking a safer place.

During the escape Forest
7

Warm Valley and the giants

The pair stumble into Warm Valley, where a giant garden is tended by Finicky and Corny who mistake them for bugs and threaten to squash them. The sight of two giants and a band of cousins to the dwarfs unfolds, revealing a broader family of giants.

Shortly after entering forest Warm Valley
8

Giants take Snow White in

After hearing their story, the giants take pity and invite Snow White and Grunyon to stay in their cottage. They are joined by five other giants: Thinker, Hicker, Tiny, Weeper, and Brawny, who are all cousins to the Seven Dwarfs.

Following rescue Cottage in Warm Valley
9

Queen's attack: giant rat attempt

When the Wicked Queen discovers Snow White is still alive, she first transforms into a giant rat to eat her. She is foiled when one of the giants shoos her away upon returning home.

During Snow White's stay with giants Queen's ambush near cottage
10

Ice flood and rescue

The Queen melts the ice on the mountains, causing a flood that threatens Snow White's safety. Brawny intervenes and saves her from drowning, while the others rally to defend the cottage from the rising torrent.

During the flood Mountains near Noel
11

The poisoned plan and sleep

The Queen disguises herself as a venerable sister of the giants and uses two vulture minions to distract Hicker. She tempts Snow White with a poisoned flower scent that puts her to sleep, echoing her poisoned-apple trick.

During the queen's deception Cottage vicinity
12

Hiccup-triggered counterattack

Hicker's loud hiccups alert the other giants, who rush back to defend Snow White and confront the Queen. The attempted deception collapses as the cottage prepares to face the Queen's full assault.

After the sleep spell Cottage
13

Final battle and castle collapse

The Wicked Queen unleashes lightning and seven demons to fight the giants, but the giants' resistance and Hicker's hiccups cause an earthquake that collapses the castle. The Magic Mirror shatters, and the Queen evaporates, ending her reign.

During the battle Queen's castle, mountaintop
14

Curse broken and thaw begins

With the Queen's demise, the curse breaks and the land thaws, turning ice statues back into people just in time for Christmas Eve. Grunyon and the giants return Snow White to her parents in a rose-filled coffin, and she wakes to a joyous reunion. Brawny notes that the giants have built a new castle for the children while Snow White slept.

Immediately after the battle Noel

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