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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.

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.

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.

Vintage footage from 1927 of Santa Claus training Reindeer in preparation for his busiest day of the year!

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 . . .

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

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.

my son singing David Phelps' Joy Joy December 2017

I love this video

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."

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 . . .

WATCH: Netflix Drops First Official Trailer and Images for Sergio Pablos’ ‘Klaus’ With release of his long-awaited animated feature only a month away, renown director and ‘Despicable Me’ co-creators tells AWN, ‘The wait is almost over!’ By Dan Sarto | Monday, October 7, 2019 at 8:53am In Klaus, a film Pablos has been working on since 2010, a young Scandinavian postman named Jesper, voiced to hilarious extremes by Jason Schwartzman, gets the chance to make his mark when he’s tasked with bringing the postal service to a contentious village in the cold north, where he meets a mysterious, white-bearded toymaker named Klaus. Source: https://www.awn.com/news/watch-netflix-drops-first-official-trailer-and-images-sergio-pablos-klaus?fbclid=IwAR2a3CGG66iICDWF5fC0qP4kWHG8OTx59-p60MK06KLtynhSHeARwMduc6M

Different video - Between shots of The Piano Guys performing on the set of the Bible Videos are scenes depicting Jesus Christ healing the sick and forgiving the sinners, filmed on that very same set.

Ever got a Christmas gift that was so bad you didn't know what to do and how to react? We have, so we got Benedict Cumberbatch to teach us how act like you absolutely love that rubbish pair of socks your auntie gave you, ahead of his starring role in The Grinch this Christmas.

This what we used to market our sneak and peeks

Our promo for baking with Mrs. Claus bookings.

More info about travel to Europe: https://www.ricksteves.com/europe From England to Norway, Burgundy to Bavaria, and Rome to the top of the Swiss Alps, Rick Steves' European Christmas gets you a seat at the family feast; saves you a pew up in the lofts with the finest choirs; and hands you a rolling pin in grandma's kitchen as she labors over her best-kept holiday secrets. You'll join Romans cooking up female eels, Parisians slurping oysters, Tuscans tossing fruit cakes, and Norwegian kids winning marzipan pigs. Exploring the rich and fascinating mix of traditions — Christian, pagan, commercial, and edible — you'll see Christmas in a new light.

ROME REPORTS, www.romereports.com, is an independent international TV News Agency based in Rome covering the activity of the Pope, the life of the Vatican and current social, cultural and religious debates. Reporting on the Catholic Church requires proximity to the source, in-depth knowledge of the Institution, and a high standard of creativity and technical excellence.

Inside Story: The Santa Clause The Meaning of Santa. Tim Allen and the cast of The Santa Clause discuss the global reaction to the film.

Virginia O'Hanlon , subject of "Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus", reads her famous letter to a group of children. O'Hanlon passed away in 1971. This video was shot sometime before then while she was residing in a nursing home in Valatie, New York.

Visit Santa Claus, Indiana: Americas Christmas Hometown, during the first three weekends of December for the Santa Claus Christmas Celebration. Experience Christmas with Santa Claus, drive through Lake Rudolph's 1.2-mile Santa Claus Land of Lights: Family Christmas Light Adventure to learn the shining story of Rudolph plus watch Santa's Great Big LED Tree of Lights come to life hourly. Browse through the gigantic Santa Claus Christmas Store, Santa Claus Arts & Crafts Shows, and other Christmas-themed shops. Roast chestnuts on an Open Fire at Santa's Candy Castle and see Christmas Wood Carving Demonstrations, too. Special discount packages are available at hotels and lodging in Santa Claus, Indiana. The Santa Claus Christmas Celebration will create family memories to cherish for a lifetime.