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.
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.
Callie
Shaw (Rachel Boston) is an aspiring chef, who is prepared to start at the
bottom and thanks to her decoration-expert father Frank (Paul McGillion) she
gets a job as dishwasher at the country club where Chef Gloria (Brenda Strong)
runs the kitchen.
On
her first day she runs into her childhood friend David Manning (David Alpay)
who is expected to succeed his tycoon father Ellis (Mark Brandon) as CEO of an
investment firm.
There
is an immediate spark between them and when he finds out she's expert at ice
sculpting he enters her in the club's annual ice sculpting competition without
her knowledge.
Unfortunately,
she would be up against her new boss chef Gloria, who is a three-time winner,
so she’s unhappy about it, because she doesn’t want to appear disloyal, but
when she can’t get out of it, David agrees to train as Callie's partner in the
competition.
On
top of everything else Callie has to contend with Gloria's jealous deputy Jen (Leanne
Lapp) who stops at nothing to sabotage her because her work ethic impresses
chef Gloria.
So
will Callie's passions for cooking and ice sculpting win out and will David
pursue his father’s dream or follow his own path, but more importantly will
romance bloom for 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.
An
elf girl called Pixi Post (Kate Bristol) who lives in a secret place
hidden in Antarctica at Arbolié.
It’s
a special magical place where all the spirits of the Christmas around the
world, such as Santa Claus (Marc Thompson) Saint Nicholas
(Mike Pollock), The Three Kings (J. David Brimmer Billy Bob Thompson and Jason Griffith), Olentzero (Mike Pollock),
Snegurochka (Khristine Hvam), Befana (Eileen
Stevens), Apalpador (Tyler Bunch) and Hoteiosho (Marc Thompson)
to name a few, meet in the forum of the Christmas' Spirits.
However, at one forum they discover that Hoteiosho is
missing and that Monopolish (Marc Thompson), a former Christmas
Spirit who was stripped of him magic powers and exiled from Arbolié centuries
earlier, was responsible.
So, they send Pixi to try and find him and she
discovered that, with the help of a group of rogue Elf’s, he has developed a
weapon that turns Christmas Spirits into advertising posters, and when he has
removed all the spirits he located Arbolié where the Great Christmas Tree
resides from which he can regain his magical powers.
But with the help of a human child, Kepa (Sarah
Natochenny), Pixi releases all the spirits, but will they be able to defeat
Monopolish before it’s too late.
On
a run-down street in a shabby area cynical reporter, Sweeney, is drowning his
sorrows in a cup of strong coffee on Christmas Eve at the diner belonging to
his old friend Andy (Tol Avery).
While
he’s their some friends also pay a visit, a blind man called Pop (Roy Regnier),
a young couple Marge and Pete (Erin Selwyn and Gene Gary) and police officer
Riley (John T. Smith), all with their own tales of woe, but all remain content
with their lot, so Sweeney is left shamefaced at his own melancholy and has his
Christmas spirit replenished.
An
elf girl called Pixi Post (Kate Bristol) who lives in a secret place
hidden in Antarctica at Arbolié.
It’s
a special magical place where all the spirits of the Christmas around the
world, such as Santa Claus (Marc Thompson) Saint Nicholas
(Mike Pollock), The Three Kings (J. David Brimmer Billy Bob Thompson and Jason Griffith), Olentzero (Mike Pollock),
Snegurochka (Khristine Hvam), Befana (Eileen
Stevens), Apalpador (Tyler Bunch) and Hoteiosho (Marc Thompson)
to name a few, meet in the forum of the Christmas' Spirits.
However, at one forum they discover that Hoteiosho is
missing and that Monopolish (Marc Thompson), a former Christmas
Spirit who was stripped of him magic powers and exiled from Arbolié centuries
earlier, was responsible.
So, they send Pixi to try and find him and she
discovered that, with the help of a group of rogue Elf’s, he has developed a
weapon that turns Christmas Spirits into advertising posters, and when he has
removed all the spirits he located Arbolié where the Great Christmas Tree
resides from which he can regain his magical powers.
But with the help of a human child, Kepa (Sarah
Natochenny), Pixi releases all the spirits, but will they be able to defeat
Monopolish before it’s too late.
“Cricket on the Hearth” is a delightful, animated musical version of
Charles Dickens' classic tale, “A Cricket on the Hearth”.
A
cricket, Cricket Crocket (Roddy McDowall) tries to save a poor toymaker Caleb
(Danny Thomas) and his blind daughter Bertha (Marlo Thomas) after her fiancé
Edward (Ed Ames) was lost at sea.
After
tragedy struck the family, they fall under the influence of an exploitative
miser Tackleton (Hans Conried) who has designs on Bertha, thankfully Crocket
comes to the rescue and restores peace, prosperity and happiness.
Other
characters voiced by Abbe Lane, Paul Frees and The Norman Luboff Choir
On a run-down street in a shabby area cynical reporter, Sweeney, is drowning his sorrows in a cup of strong coffee on Christmas Eve at the diner belonging to his old friend Andy (Tol Avery).
While he’s there some friends also pay a visit, a blind man called Pop (Roy Regnier), a young couple Marge and Pete (Erin Selwyn and Gene Gary) and police officer Riley (John T. Smith), all with their own tales of woe, but all remain content with their lot, so Sweeney is left shamefaced at his own melancholy and has his Christmas spirit replenished.
Reminded
of her past, Jessica Preston (Alexandria Warfield) hates Christmas because they
remind her of past.
She
works for a bank in the loan department, and she couldn’t be meaner if she was
loaning her own money, she was particularly mean to Mrs. Jefferson (Lucretia
Johnson).
Only
her friend and Assistant Veronica (Jerrica Roy) and lovesick Tony (Brandon
Medlock) tolerate her.
But
she is in for a wakeup call because Mrs Jefferson sends her a gift basket the
next day and then her niece Gabby (Skylar Jackson) shows up at her house and
more surprises follow, some good and some bad.
Meeting
Jason (A.D. Scott) in the park being a good
one, but there are Christmas spirits at work, so will they help
her create new memories of the Christmas Season?
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.
“A Cricket on the Hearth” is a delightful, animated
musical
version of Charles Dickens' classic tale, “A Cricket on the Hearth”.
A
cricket, Cricket Crocket (Roddy McDowall) tries to save a poor toymaker Caleb
(Danny Thomas) and his blind daughter Bertha (Marlo Thomas) after her fiancé
Edward (Ed Ames) was lost at sea.
After
tragedy struck the family, they fall under the influence of an exploitative
miser Tackleton (Hans Conried) who has designs on Bertha, thankfully Crocket
comes to the rescue and restores peace, prosperity and happiness.
Other characters voiced by Abbe Lane, Paul Frees and The Norman Luboff Choir
On
a run-down street in a shabby area cynical reporter, Sweeney, is drowning his
sorrows in a cup of strong coffee on Christmas Eve at the diner belonging to
his old friend Andy (Tol Avery).
While
he’s their some friends also pay a visit, a blind man called Pop (Roy Regnier),
a young couple Marge and Pete (Erin Selwyn and Gene Gary) and police officer
Riley (John T. Smith), all with their own tales of woe, but all remain content
with their lot, so Sweeney is left shamefaced at his own melancholy and has his
Christmas spirit replenished.
8-year-old
Olive Rosenthall (Rosie Darling) is grieving the loss
of her father, when shortly before Christmas she finds a photograph of her
grandmother with a phone number on the back.
So,
she rings the number and speaks to a reclusive woman called Hazel Wilson (Becky Borczon) who is not her grandmother because her
grandmother died before she was born.
However, they form an unlikely bond regardless and then
one day she leaves a note for her mom Claire (Stacey
Ann Turner) and takes the bus to Emmett Idaho.
After finding Olive’s note, Claire and Hazel speak
on the phone, and she agrees to look after her until Claire arrives.
But the next day when they attempt to return home
her car wouldn’t start so to Olive’s delight they had to stay with Hazel.
While waiting to have the car repaired, they meet
Pastor Ian Walker (Casey Elliott) and his adopted niece Winnie (Cosette Turner),
the girls become immediate friends and conspire match Claire and Ian and Hazel
and her childhood sweetheart Gabriel (Bruce Newbold).
So, will they all rediscover the joy of Christmas and enjoy its magic?
