Simple Gifts 1977

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A collection of animated Christmas shorts: An original Maurice Sendak piece about a boy with nothing to give for Christmas -- An excerpt from the early part of Virginia Woolf's "Orlando" set in a time of extreme cold in Tudor England -- A short based on the Toonerville Trolley -- A bittersweet excerpt from Moss Hart's autobiography "Act One" narrated by Jose Ferrer -- A reading from the Christmas day entry from the diary of 11-year-old Teddy Roosevelt -- A reading of a letter by Captain Edward James Hulse describing the surprising Christmas Truce of 1914 -- An animated version by R.O. Blechman of his own book "Tutto Esaurito" (No Vacancy) about the travels of Mary and Joseph.

Release Date 1977-12-03
Runtime 60m
Directors R.O. Blechman, Phillip Schopper, Steven Parton, Michael Sporn
Producer R.O. Blechman
Writers R.O. Blechman, Fontaine Fox, Moss Hart, Edward Hulse, Theodore Roosevelt, Maurice Sendak, Virginia Woolf