A TRAP FOR SANTA CLAUS, b&w, 19 minutes. Directed by D. W. Griffith, 1909. Starring Henry B. Walthall, Marion Leonard, Gladys Egan. - The children set a trap for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, knowing he has to come through the window because their house has no chimney.,/br>
THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A CHANUKAH BUSH, color, 21 minutes. Directed by Paige Goldberg, 2001. Based on the book by Susan Sussman. Starring Andrea Noel Costa, Mary Booker. - A wise, understanding grandfather helps Robin, a young Jewish girl, cope with Christmas. This is not an easy task when even Sandy, who is also Jewish, is allowed to have a Christmas tree and Robin can't have one.
THE LAST LEAF, color, 21 minutes. Directed by James Rogers, 1993. Starring Windy Bunts, Shannon Rossiter, Bob Penny, David Laird Scott. Based on the short story by O. Henry. - In the early part of the twentieth century, pneumonia swept through the artist colony of Greenwich Village, New York. In a dilapidated three-story building, two artists, Sue and Johnsy, share an apartment overlooking an alley. Stricken with the disease, Johnsy stares feebily out her window at a vine clinging to the alley wall. Her will to live sapped, Johnsy is convinced that when the last leaf falls from the vine, she will die.
THE PAPER BOY, color, 52 minutes. Directed by Paul Cox, 1985. Starring Christopher Schlusser. - It is Christmas, 1932, and Australia is suffering the effects of the worldwide economic depression. Joe's father is laid off from his job and the young boy must support the family by hawking newspapers and shining shoes.
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