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- DirectorJoe CampStarsRon MoodyPatsy GarrettCynthia SmithWhile on a publicity tour in Switzerland, Benji, Cindy Smith, and Patsy Garrett convince Kris Kringle that his place on Christmas Eve is delivering presents to all "his" families all over the world.
- DirectorJim HensonStarsJerry NelsonFrank OzMarilyn SokolA poor otter family risks everything for the chance to win the cash prize of a talent contest for Christmas.
- DirectorJules BassArthur Rankin Jr.StarsAngela LansburyCyril RitchardDavid KelleyA young shepherd, Lucas (David Kelley), is blinded by lightning, and some kindly nuns at a nearby abbey take him in. Sister Catherine (Iris Rainer) describes snow to Lucas, who has never seen it. Lucas gets chosen to play an angel in the abbey's Christmas pageant, and the Christmas snow that falls during the pageant works a small miracle.
- DirectorJules BassArthur Rankin Jr.StarsAndy GriffithShelley WintersDennis DayFrosty's kind of lonely, so the kids think of making him a wife, Crystal. But will Jack Frost let them be happy?
- DirectorDon ChaffeyStarsMarie OsmondTimothy BottomsBethel LeslieA wealthy orphan is dutifully resigned to an arranged marriage to a man of "socially acceptable class." When her heart is captured by a young Swiss immigrant, she struggles between her relatives' expectations and her own wishes.
- DirectorDonald WryeStarsMarlo ThomasOrson WellesWayne RogersIn the spirit of "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946), a young woman must give up her dream and remain in her small hometown as head of her family's Building and Loan business.
- DirectorJules BassArthur Rankin Jr.StarsBuddy HackettRobert MorsePaul FreesThe Groundhog tells the story of how, for once, Jack Frost became human, and helped a knight win his lady love.
- DirectorJules BassArthur Rankin Jr.StarsGreer GarsonZero MostelDavid JayAaron, the drummer boy, struggles to protect a bellmaker's great silver bells from seizure by Roman soldiers.
- DirectorJules BassArthur Rankin Jr.StarsRoger MillerBrenda VaccaroPaul FreesAn outcast donkey in Roman era Judea with overlong ears finds his destiny on the way to Bethlehem.
- DirectorJules BassArthur Rankin Jr.StarsRed SkeltonFrank GorshinMorey AmsterdamRudolph must find Happy, the baby New Year, before midnight on New Year's Eve.
- DirectorJules BassArthur Rankin Jr.StarsRed ButtonsEthel MermanMickey RooneyThe Winterbolt is trying to make North Pole his evil wonderland, and it is up to Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and other icons to stop him.
- DirectorJules BassArthur Rankin Jr.StarsFred AstaireMickey RooneyKeenan WynnA mailman reveals the origin of Santa Claus.
- DirectorRonald NeameStarsAlbert FinneyAlec GuinnessEdith EvansA musical retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel about an old bitter miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions.
- DirectorJules BassArthur Rankin Jr.StarsWalter MatthauTom BosleyTheodore BikelThis version of the story is told from the perspective of B.A.H. Humbug. After Ebenezer Scrooge refuses to assist the poor or have Christmas Dinner with his nephew, he is visited by the ghost of his one time business partner and friend, Jacob Marley. Marley tells him to change his ways and Scrooge refutes this as madness. He is then visited by three ghosts, all who show him what his future will be like if he doesn't change his ways.
- DirectorBurt BrinckerhoffStarsBeau BridgesJulie HarrisEdward BinnsIt's now Christmas Eve and Stubby Pringle is on his way to an annual dance that he went to the previous year and fell in love with a girl, who he forgot to ask the name of. He has bought her some presents and is excited to give them to her and see her again. On the way to the dance he finds a woman chopping wood because her husband is too weak.On his journey to the dance he discovers the meaning of selflessness. This movie is a beautiful example of how to go about life.
- DirectorJules BassArthur Rankin Jr.StarsJoel GreyTammy GrimesJohn McGiverWhen a town learns that Santa Claus has struck it off his delivery schedule due to an insulting letter, a way must be found to change his mind.
- DirectorJules BassArthur Rankin Jr.StarsShirley BoothMickey RooneyDick ShawnWhen a weary and discouraged Santa Claus considers skipping his Christmas Eve run one year, Mrs. Claus and his elves set out to change his mind.