A 1954 Castle film adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s ‘The Little Match Girl.’

‘The Snowman’ is a 1982 British television cartoon that has an introduction and narration by David Bowie. Thank you to Rob Smart.

Here’s a repost of a little Christmas film I made last year.

This short documentary seems to be from the late 1940s or early 50s. It was produced by the Turkish Broadcasting and Tourism Department to explain the connection between Saint Nicholas of Myra, which is in present-day Turkey, and the modern conception of the gift-giving Santa Claus who lives at the North Pole.

This is a 1910 film adaptation of ‘A Christmas Carol.’ It was directed by J. Searle Dawley for Thomas Edison’s production company. The novella had been one of the inspirations for the resurgence of interest in the older Christmas traditions of England.

Some of the readers of this site will know that this story is the original piece of material behind Candlelight Stories. Back in 1994, I sat at a very flimsy folding table in a Los Angeles apartment with a box of pastels, crayons and ballpoint pens to scratch out a pile of illustrations that vaguely [...]

Here’s a Mexican take on the story of Santa Claus. It was released in 1959 and then dubbed into English for a 1960 release. It was directed by René Cardona. The story has Santa working in space and relying on his assistant, Merlin the Wizard, to battle with the Devil’s minion who is sent to [...]

Story by Artie Knapp Illustration by Maya Ramaswamy Light On a Snowy Day IT WAS TWO DAYS before Christmas and young Maggie Dotson was already being told that her Christmas wish would not be coming true. Paxton she was told, would not be coming back. A year before that December day an injured baby deer [...]