- Title: F-0102
- Summary: CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS NEAR & FAR: CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. CHILDREN OF GERMAN, SWEDISH, MEXICAN, ITALIAN, & CHINESE DESCENT ENACT TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS OF THOSE COUNTRIES. SHOWS DANCES, DECORATIONS, & FESTIVITIES AGAINST A BACKGROUND OF CHRISTMAS MUSIC. FRAN ALLISON EXPLAINS CHRISTMAS LEGENDS & CUSTOMS OF MANY LANDS. CHILDREN SING CHRISTMAS CAROLS, RECREATE CHRISTMAS IN OTHER COUNTRIES, DECORATING TREES, PLAYING GAMES
- Description:00:19:52 - NATIVITY SCENE. PAN BACK TO CHILDREN SINGING CHRISTMAS CAROL WITH ADULT SUPERVISING MUSIC TEACHER. MANGER SCENE 00:21:12 - CHILDREN SIT ON FLOOR, TEACHER EXPLAINING HISTORY OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE. PAN CHILDREN LISTENING. DECORATED CHRISTMAS TREE IN BKGD 00:22:02 - GERMAN CHILDREN PLAYING PADDY-CAKE. 1950s TRADITIONAL GERMAN CLOTHES. HOLD HANDS & JOIN GROUP OF CHILDREN DECORATING CHRISTMAS TREE. TRIMMING THE TREE WITH GERMAN DECORATIONS. AFTER DECORATING, THE CHILDREN SKIP AROUND THE TREE. GERMAN CHRISTMAS RITUALS 00:23:21 - CU SILVER STAR OF BETHLEHEM AT TOP OF TREE 00:23:28 - SWEDISH FAMILY SITTING AT DINNER TABLE. ST. LUCIA DAY, GIRLS WEARING CROWNS OF EVERGREEN BRANCHES & CANDLES. YULETIDE. GIRLS SERVING TEA TO FAMILY. SWEDISH CHRISTMAS RITUALS 00:24:40 - AMERICAN GIRL & BOY HANGING THEIR CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS ON FIREPLACE MANTLE. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS UNDER THE TREE. KIDS IN THEIR PAJAMAS. AMERICAN CHRISTMAS RITUALS 00:25:03 - SANTA CLAUS CARRYING HUGE SACK OF PRESENTS AT FIREPLACE MANTLE. PUTTING PRESENTS IN CHILDREN'S STOCKINGS. STOCKING STUFFERS. 00:25:56 - TEACHER TELLING STORY TO CHILDREN. PAN TO WINDOW WHERE WREATH & CANDLE HANG. 00:26:08 - EXT/NIGHT. HOMES DECORATED WITH LIGHTS, SANTA'S SLED, REINDEER, STARS, CHRISTMAS LIGHTS 00:26:21 - CU NATIVITY SCENE 00:26:24 - MONTAGE STORES DECORATED WITH CHRISTMAS DISPLAYS, WINTER SCENES 00:26:34 - CU CHRISTMAS NATIVITY SCENE IN STORE WINDOW. MANGER SCENE 00:26:43 - ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN MAKING CHRISTMAS CARDS 00:27:19 - 1950s BOY SCOUT & GIRL SCOUT WEARING SADDLE SHOES BRINGING IN KINDLING, WOOD & TOYS TO POOR FAMILY. CHRISTMAS SPIRIT, GIVING 00:27:36 - CHILDREN DECORATING CHRISTMAS TREE AT CHURCH SCHOOL, SUNDAY SCHOOL. 1950s. PUTTING MITTENS ON TREE. MITTEN TREE. DONATING MITTENS FOR LESS FORTUNATE CHILDREN 00:28:04 - TEACHER TELLING CHILDREN CHRISTMAS STORIES. CHRISTMAS TREE DECORATED WITH TINSEL. CHILDREN WITH WINTER COATS & HATS, GLOVES INDOORS. 00:28:26 - MEXICAN CHRISTMAS RITUALS. BLINDFOLDED GIRL HITS PINATA OPEN. BLINDFOLDED CHILDREN TRY TO BREAK PINATA OPEN. BOY BREAKS PINATA. PRESENTS FALL OUT ON FLOOR, CHILDREN SCAMBLE FOR PRESENTS 00:29:34 - ITALIAN CHRISTMAS RITUALS. ITALIAN GIRLS & BOYS AROUND MANGER, NATIVITY SCENE. PERFORMING NATIVITY PLAY. TRADITIONAL ITALIAN CLOTHING. CU NATIVITY, MANGER SCENE. 00:30:16 - ITALIAN TEEN DRESSED IN TRADITIONAL COSTUME PERFORM TRADITIONAL ITALIAN FOLK DANCE 00:31:00 - CU ANGEL ON CHRISTMAS TREE 00:31:05 - TRADITIONAL CHINESE CHRISTMAS RITUALS. CHINESE CHILDREN PRESENTING THE STORY OF THE HOLY BIRTH. THREE WISE MEN, MARY, JESUS, ETC. CHRISTIAN RITUAL. NATIVITY. BOYS WITH PAPER LANTERNS.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1955
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: F-0102