THE FIRST CHRISTMAS- THE STORY OF THE FIRST CHRISTMAS SNOW (DVD 2012) GC- NR- FS

Description: THE FIRST CHRISTMAS - THE STORY OF THE FIRST CHRISTMAS SNOW (1975) (DVD 2012) ANIMATED FAMILY - HOLIDAY - MUSIC IF YOU ARE A FAN OF RANKIN & BASS THIS IS A MUST HAVE TO ADD TO YOUR HOLIDAY COLLECTION. A CLASSIC THAT EVERYONE CAN ENJOY!PRODUCT INFORMATION PROVIDED BELOW ~ The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas SnowOfficial on-screen logos Product Description The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow Deluxe Edition Give your family a holiday to remember with The First Christmas.StorylineA young shepherd, Lucas (David Kelley), is blinded by lightning, and some kindly nuns at a nearby abbey take him in. Sister Catherine (Iris Rainer) 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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow is a 1975 Christmas stop motion animated television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions which originally premiered on NBC on December 19, 1975. It is narrated by Angela Lansbury and co-stars Cyril Ritchard. Plot A few weeks before Christmas, a young shepherd named Lucas is struck by lightning while wandering the countryside with his animals, a herd of sheep and a dog named Waggles. A group of kindly nuns named Sister Theresa (the narrator), Sister Jean, and Sister Catherine rescue him, taking him to their abbey nearby and decided to take him in. Soon, they and the priest, Father Thomas, learn that he was not only been blinded by the accident, but he is also an orphan as well. Father Thomas is slightly irritated, but nevertheless, Lucas is allowed to stay at the abbey while he recovers from the accident, and Sister Theresa becomes a mentor & mother-figure to him. She tells him about snow, something neither he nor anyone else at the abbey has ever seen (the village is "much too close to the sea"). He is fascinated and begins to dream of a "white Christmas". Later on, Father Thomas tells Sister Theresa of his plans to send Lucas to an orphanage after Christmas. Lucas overhears this and is heartbroken. In the meantime, he gets to play an angel in the abbey's Christmas pageant with some other children from the village. There, he meets a girl named Louisa, another one of the angels who immediately befriends him. He shares his dream of seeing snow for the first time with her and they start to develop feelings for each other. On Christmas Eve, Lucas realizes that he won't be able to take his sheep and Waggles to the orphanage with him after Christmas. He tells Waggles that he has decided to give them to Sister Theresa as a Christmas present. At the same time, three mischievous boys who are in the pageant with him have been eavesdropping on him and decide to lock the sheep in a shed as a prank. Shortly afterward, though, they get out and run into the wolf-ridden forest nearby, and Lucas sets out to find them. The boys admit to Sister Theresa what they have done before following Lucas into the forest to help him. When they arrive, he has found all of them except Woolly, who has fallen into a deep hole. Lucas and the boys work together to save him, and just in time for the pageant. At the pageant, after the children sing their song, "The First White Christmas", it begins to snow. Louisa excitedly explains this to Lucas, who is so happy that he weeps. Miraculously, Sister Theresa explains, these tears restored his sight, "not just for the moment, but for good". After the pageant, a small party is held, where Lucas gives Sister Theresa his sheep and Waggles. She is flattered but explains to him that she wouldn't be fit to care for them and invites him to stay and live with her at the abbey to watch over them instead of going to the orphanage. Even Father Thomas agrees, saying, "I do feel that the best place for a boy with no parents is with people who love him." Lucas is thrilled and remarks that this Christmas has been the "first real, happy Christmas of [his] life". Product details MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated) Director ‏ : ‎ Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. Media Format ‏ : ‎ Animated, Color, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Full Screen Run time ‏ : ‎ 24 minutes Release date ‏ : ‎ October 2, 2012 Actors ‏ : ‎ Angela Lansbury, Cyril Ritchard, David Kelley, Dina Lynn, Greg Thomas Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1TriviaBoth the Sister Theresa and Octavia puppets survive to this day due to being displayed at the Rankin Bass New York headquarters after production for publicity purposes. 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THE FIRST CHRISTMAS- THE STORY OF THE FIRST CHRISTMAS SNOW (DVD 2012) GC- NR- FS

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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted

Video Format: NTSC

Music Artist: Maury Laws

Case Type: DVD

Subtitle Language: English, Spanish

Rating: NR

Director: Arthur Rankin Jr, Jules Bass

Sub-Genre: Christmas, Family, Music, Holiday-Christmas (Animation/Anime), christmas special, stop motion animation, nun, miracle, nativity play, children

Franchise: RANKIN & BASS

Studio: Warner Home Video

Edition: Remastered And Deluxe Edition

Aspect Ratio: 4:3

Type: MOVIE: ANIMATED - FAMILY - CHRISTMAS

Region Code: DVD: 1 (US, Canada...)

Format: DVD

Release Year: 2012

Language: English

Producer: Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass

Actor: Angela Lansbury, Cyril Ritchard, David Kelley, Dina Lynn, Greg Thomas

Features: Full Screen, With Subtitles, Celebrate & Create: Holiday Cards That Kids Can Make