The Spirit of Christmas

Year: 1953

Runtime: 27 mins

Language: English

Director: Mabel Beaton

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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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