Year: 1953
Runtime: 27 mins
Language: English
Director: Mabel Beaton
In 1953 puppeteers Mabel and Les Beaton created this Christmas special that aired in Philadelphia. After a short live‑action intro it presents two marionette pieces: a dramatization of Clement Moore’s “A Visit from St. Nicholas” and a Nativity reenactment. It was rebroadcast holidays, released as a 16 mm school film, and sometimes misdated to 1950.
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