In
this amusing Christmas tale, a proper Edwardian lady Miss Tilly (Wendy Toye) is being wooed by a suitor and she and her
Butler (Franklyn Bennett) patiently endure the
ever-increasing disruption to the quiet respectable household when her Truelove
(David O'Brien) gives her all the items from the classic song
“The Twelve Days of Christmas.”
James
Michael 'Jimmy' Keenan (Jackie Cooper) is a young idealistic and hard-working
man, in New York City has dreams of making his fortune.
Along
the way he faces numerous obstacles, one of which is his mobster brother T.P.
'Tap' Keenan (Dick Purcell).
But
through all the opportunities and temptations, his hero Abraham Lincoln is
never far from his thoughts.
He
has people that depend on him like William McKinley 'Gimpy' Smith (Martin
Spellman) and Pop O'Toole (George Cleveland) as he runs a newspaper stand and
is studying to become a lawyer.
He
receives encouragement from Judge Carroll (George Irving) and his niece Anne
(Marjorie Reynolds).
So
will he see his dreams come true, or will they be grounds in the sidewalk of
New York's mean streets.
After
the tragic loss of their young son in an accident John Ingram and his wife Rae
(Sam Neill and Nicole Kidman) leave the Christmas
celebrations behind them to spend some time isolated at sea on their yacht,
the Saracen.
In
the middle of the Pacific Ocean, in dead calm, they come across a
drifting schooner, the Orpheus, that appears to be slowly sinking,
and they rescue a man Hughie Warriner (Billy Zane) who rows a dinghy
over to them, claiming he’s the only survivor but is there more to him than
meets the eye.
Julie is an artist in the
small town of Smol and is asked by her adopted mother, Edna, to put up her
nephew Richard, in her guest house while he’s on his vacation on his first time
in America, away from his home country of Leemonia, but what Aunt Edna and Richard
failed to tell her was that he was a prince
wanting a break from his duties and his demanding family.
So, the pair embark on a small-town
adventure, sightseeing and enjoying each other’s company and share intimate
details about their hopes and dreams, one detail that Julie shares is the fact
that she does not like Christmas.
So only time will tell if the
secret prince will be able to help Julie out of her small-town rut and teach
her the true meaning of Christmas.
But what will happen when he
reveals his true identity.
In
this strange little Christmas Film, all the characters are played by Aislyn and
Alanna Rivera and Lord Dashwood and Lord Hastings are voiced by Ahmad Kamal.
Princess
Helena of Camealonia (Theresa Shangazhike) disappears in London just before her
coronation and when King Albert and Queen Sofia (Benjy Abu and Vanessa
Cruickshank) find out they dispatch royal advisors Mark and James (James Anite
and Peter L. Pinnock) to track her down.
When
they stop for coffee, they are stunned when find Hannah (Theresa Shangazhike)
serving in a coffee shop with her friend Rachel (Tamaira Hesson), so they come up
with a plan to have Hannah pose as the princess to prevent national panic and
she quickly agrees.
She
is put in a safe house where Mark helps her with Royal etiquette in case, she
needs to make an appearance, but they fall in love.
But the King and Queen find
out the truth about Hannah, but there are other secrets yet to be unveiled.
In
this amusing Christmas tale, a proper Edwardian lady Miss Tilly (Wendy Toye) is being wooed by a suitor and she and her
Butler (Franklyn Bennett) patiently endure the
ever-increasing disruption to the quiet respectable household when her Truelove
(David O'Brien) gives her all the items from the classic song
“The Twelve Days of Christmas.”
“The Spirit of Christmas” is a
delightful, animated offering, performed by the Mabel Beaton Marionettes and
Alexander Scourby.
It features two dramatizations, firstly “The Night Before
Christmas” read by Alexander Scourby as Clement Clarke Moore then he
narrates
a performance of the Nativity.
