Title from container. This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play in all DVD players or drives. "MP3 audio"--Disc surface. "10 bonus holiday songs!" -- Container. Compilation made of made-for-TV movies, TV television programs, and animated short films. A time for miracles: Kate Mulgrew, Jean Pierre Aumont, Rossano Brazzi, Robin Clarke, Lorne Greene. The Christmas wife: Jason Robards, Julie Harris, Don Francks, Jim Eckhouse, Patricia Hamilton, Deborah Grover, David Gardner, Tom Harvey, Christopher Andrade. A Christmas without snow: John Houseman, Michael Learned. Liberace holiday: Liberace, piano, vocals.
Contents:
A Time for Miracles (1980)(96 min.) / written by Henry Denker ; directed by Michael O'Herlihy -- A Christmas without snow (1980)(96 min.) / screenwriter, Richard W. Beban, Judith Anne Nielsen ; directed by John Korty -- The Christmas wife (1988)(73 min.) / based on the short story by Helen Norris written by Katherine Ann Jones ; directed by David Hugh Jones -- Liberace holidays (1954) (27 min.) / a Guild Films production -- A Christmas Visit (1959) (11 min.) [original title: A Christmas Tree] / director, Pyotr Nosov -- The Christmas visitor (1978) (7 min.) / producer, director, John Halas. Bonus 10 holiday songs (MP3 audio) : Angels we have heard on high (1:53) -- Hark! The herald angels sing (2:56) -- O'come all ye faithful (4:25) -- Unto us a child is born (2:18) -- Away in a manger (3:17) -- From Heaven high (2:26) -- Hail blessed Virgin Mary (2:12) -- It came upon a midnight clear (2:58) -- O' holy night (4:26).
Summary:
A time for miracles: Elizabeth Bayley Seton becomes the first American-born citizen to be declared a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. The Christmas wife: A widower not wanting to face his first Christmas alone responds to an ad for 'social introductions.' He meets a woman who is happy to celebrate the holidays with him provided that he not ask about her personal life. A Christmas without snow: A recently divorced woman moves to San Francisco to start a new life. She joins a church choir and meets new friends and learns special life lessons. Liberace holidays: Liberace celebrates the holidays performing seasonal music. reflecting on each holiday. A Christmas Visit: an animated short film where Santa Claus lends his sparkling sleigh-like Star Shooter to let a child in order to deliver a Christmas tree to his father in Antarctica. The Christmas visitor: presents an animated adaptation of Clement Moore's poem entitled A visit from St. Nicholas. While Santa is resting, the toys from his bundle burst forth in a flurry of activity and the adventure of Christmas begins.
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