1. Jane Wyatt - Introduction; 2. Lennon Sisters - Santa Claus is Coming to Town 3. Jane Wyatt - Letter To Virginia; 4. Lisa Della Casa - Gesu Bambino; 5. Violette Verdy & Edward Villella - Ballet - Nutcracker; 6. Bil Baird Marionettes - Night Before Christmas; 7. Earl Wrightson &Lois Hunt - God Rest You Merry Gentlemen; Good King Wenceslas; 8. Dance; 9. American Boychoir - Carols; 10. Jane Wyatt -Reading From St Luke; 11. Phyllis Curtin (with boychoir) - O Holy Night.
John Raitt is not on the VHS video of this show (still available though its packaging states he is) nor is Jane Weintraub nor Schola Cantorum nor Frederick R. Kappel.
Year: Release Date: Rating: Video Type:
1961
12/22/1961
Approved
TV Series Episode 60 minutes
A
Genre:
Musical
Director(s):
Writer(s):
Francis Church (editorial "Yes
Virginia
There Is A Santa Claus") (uncredited)
Draper Lewis
Florence Henderson & Earl Wrightson sing "Deck the Halls". Florence sings "The Christmas Song" The Bell Telephone Chorus sings "Hark! the Herald Angels Sing". Buffalo Bills Chorus performs "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen". Earl Wrightson performs "Let it Snow". Florence, Earl and the Chorus sing "Let's Have an Old-Fashioned Christmas". Florence and Earl sing "Joy to the World". Mildred Miller sings "O Little Town of Bethlehem". Earl Wrightson and the Chorus sing "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear". Florence sings "The Christmas Waltz". The Buffalo Bills, Florence, Earl and the Bell Telephone Chorus do a medley of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town"
Year: Release Date: Rating: Video Type:
1962
12/22/1962
Approved
TV Series Episode 60 minutes
A
Martha Scott, opens with a tableau set in a small town in 1909. Townspeople gradually leave their still-frame poses, coming to life to sing holiday tunes. Melissa Hayden, as the Snow Queen, and Jacques D'Amboise, as the Prince, perform the "Snow" pas de deux from "The Nutcracker," with music by Tchaikovsky. The ensemble of singers perform carols in "Grandma's house," followed by a Christmas message from Frederick R. Kappel. A church scene with the Columbus Boychoir singing "Adeste Fideles," "The First Noel," and "Carol of the Bells". Martha Scott reads a biblical passage from Luke. Gianna d'Angelo and the Boychoir close singing "O Holy Night" and "Silent Night".
Year: Release Date: Rating: Video Type:
1965
12/19/1965
Approved
TV Series Episode 60 minutes
A
