Simple Gifts
60 mins
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.
Dean Wareham
Narrator (segment "My Christmas") (voice)
David Jones
Narrator (segment "December 25, 1914") (voice)
Claudette Sutherland
(segment "Lost & Found") (voice)
Phillip Schopper
Director
Fontaine Fox
Original Story
Michael Sporn
Assistant Director
R.O. Blechman
Director
Joe Canestro
Editor
R.O. Blechman
Writer
Edward Hulse
Original Concept
Steven Parton
Assistant Director
R.O. Blechman
Producer
Arnold Black
Music