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Here's my Santa Claus promo video for 2016!

When my youngest daughter was 9, she wanted to videotape Santa delivering gifts. She set her little camera up and the old man made sure she got her video. Kept the magic alive for 4 more years.

Another try at this ½ the size

From Santa's 2017 visit at the Dollar Tree in Hendersonville, TN

Dick Conkling's CyberSleigh II at the National Golf Club in Dec. 2009

Commercial I did for a small Christmas Market that I will be appearing at organized by college students.

This 1945 movie short (22 min) won the Academy Award in 1946 for best short subject film. It is a simple, but very touching retelling of the Nativity Story, set in the American Southwest. I found it as an added feature on my Christmas in Connecticut DVD. Did I mention it was very touching? (It brought tears to my eyes)

I just made a new sleigh this year, and the kids are crazy about it...

Eaton's 1955 Television Commercial with Santa Claus, Hokey, and Punkinhead

Made in 1898, G.A. Smith's 'Santa Claus' is a film of considerable technical ambition and accomplishment for its period. It uses pioneering visual effects in its depiction of a visit from St. Nicholas. A former magic lanternist and hypnotist, Smith was one of the first British film-makers to make extensive use of special effects to create fantastical scenes. It comes as little surprise that Smith corresponded with the French pioneer Georges Méliès at about this time, as the two men shared a common goal in terms of creating an authentic cinema of illusion. (Michael Brooke)

Full movie A Muppet Family Christmas was a 1-hour tv special that broadcast originally in 1987 and was re-broadcast in 1988 & 1989. This video is from one of the rebroadcasts because the title card is displayed when the Muppets are driving in the truck to Fozzie's Mom's house. For more information on the movie, check out the Muppets Wiki page for the film here.

Presenter Mary Parkinson looks back at Christmas in days gone by with three ladies who grew up at the turn of the century: Edna Brannon Florence Edwards Emily Holde First shown: 05/12/1973

For the past 12 Christmas Eves, we have answered the wishes of children staying at the Salvation Army Children's Shelter in Kansas City. Every year before we enter the Shelter, I thank everyone for their hard work and contributions to The Mission. This was Christmas Eve 2018.

Just before Christmas, Santa was asked to deliver a very special gift.

I love this video

I wish we could go back to those days...

Saw a post on this and looked it up - a very simple story - but very well done the book is on Amazon Robot Check WWW.AMAZON.COM

Very well done video - a lot of research went into presenting this historically accurate narrative of the Christmas truce. I believe it was done by the BBC. Very educational. Also of note - the commanding officers, well back from the trenches - were against the truce. This included one Corporal Adolph Hitler.....

My son singing Cloverton's Christmas Hallelujah in church this morning . . .

This was the first year I permed my arrow-straight beard and the second year I've bleached out my sandy brown hair to match my snowy white beard. See if you think the results are worth 3 hours in the salon.

Remember when people were kind to each other? Google put together a tribute to Mr. Rogers. Give it a view.

One of my favorite scenes from the classic movie, Bells of St. Mary's. Actually, one of the few Christmas moments in a movie that is often categorized as a Christmas film.

my son singing David Phelps' Joy Joy December 2017

Billie Mae Richards radio interview. She provided the voice for the Original voice of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer from 1964 to 1979

Yee-ouch! That's going to leave a mark. Or two. Or Three. I loved this movie.

A look at the hidden power of film props and how filmmakers use the everyday (and not so everyday) objects in their scenes to enhance cinematic storytelling.

Thomas Edison's 1908 silent version of the Christmas classic, "The Night Before Christmas."

You wanna be where everybody knows your name...

from the Amazing Stories series back in 1985 - Douglas Searle playing Santa - I would be remiss to point out that this gentleman also played Santa in Ernest Saves Christmas - and he got busted and went to jail in both shows !! The original Bad Santa - Mr. Searle also voice the Sultan in the Disney animated feature Aladdin . . .

Enjoy!

The last two years I have appeared with the Adaptive Ballet in Milford, Ct and it has become one of the most endearing events of the Season. I hope all of your seasons were Merry and Bright

Hyundai Santa Fe commercial for Pride Cars

Helpdesk support back in the day of the middle ages...