Christmas Greeting (1946)

This Christmas greeting, shown in cinemas in 1946, boasts a charming animated sequence in which toys come alive as children slumber, recalling a similar scene in 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'.

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[AeganMontgomery]

What a nice Christmas present. Thanks for sharing,

Merry Christmas to all

Aeegan

[XmasFLIX]

Amazing!

[Teeuw1976]

In Holland is Turkey also the main food with Christmas, like in England or other countries it's kind a tradition to give thanks for it on Christmas Day.

[Irishwren]

Wonderful! Nothing like it anymore since PC nastiness took over.

[LokiV]

Must show my dad this when he comes round :)...great vid thanks for uploading it ;)

[spilsby88]

Yes but the really bad weather started after Christmas - we were snowed up for weeks in Jan-Feb 47. I had a great time sledging.

[themightycelestial]

Boy, it would be great to be able to see some kind of Christmas Greetings on today's theatre screens.

But,

now that I think about it,

with our luck,

the makers would probably just try to incorporate in 'em what Ralphie from A Christmas Story would refer to as "a crummy commercial".

[KelleeRose1]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing.

[wufwufwufwuf]

i wish i had them toys now

[LKayL1]

Charming!

[xyzllii]

Jeez. Talk about GLUM celebrations....glad those puritanical days are gone...personally...