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Simple Gifts

1977
8| 1h0m| en| Animation, TV Movie
Storyline

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.

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  • Simple Gifts Cast
Colleen Dewhurst as Self - Host
Hermione Gingold as Narrator (segment "The Great Frost") (voice)
José Ferrer as Narrator (segment "A Memory of Christmas") (voice)
Paul Dooley as (segment "Lost & Found") (voice)