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The Christmas Messenger

  • TV Movie
  • 19751975
  • 30m
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An angel,present at the birth of Jesus, returns to earth each year to listen to the Christmas carols and these carols are illustrated in short animated vignettes.An angel,present at the birth of Jesus, returns to earth each year to listen to the Christmas carols and these carols are illustrated in short animated vignettes.An angel,present at the birth of Jesus, returns to earth each year to listen to the Christmas carols and these carols are illustrated in short animated vignettes.
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  • Director
    • Peter Sander
  • Writer
    • Peter Sander
  • Stars
    • Richard Chamberlain
    • Dorothy Davis
    • David Essex(voice)
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    • Peter Sander
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    • Peter Sander
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    • Richard Chamberlain
    • Dorothy Davis
    • David Essex(voice)
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    Richard Chamberlain
    Richard Chamberlain
    • Christmas Messengeras Christmas Messenger
    Dorothy Davis
    Dorothy Davis
    David Essex
    David Essex
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    Mark Gagne
    Anna Kralis
    Peter MacNeill
    Peter MacNeill
      T.J. Scott
      T.J. Scott
      Neil Shra
      John Wildman
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      An angel,present at the birth of Jesus, returns to earth each year to listen to the Christmas carols and these carols are illustrated in short animated vignettes.
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      10/10
      Needs to be released on DVD
      This is truly a piece of modern-day Christmas tradition for anyone over the age of 30. The last time it was broadcast here in Vancouver, B.C. was on CKVU 13 back in, I think, 1984, and fortunately I was switched-on enough at the time to hit 'Record' on my first-generation mono VCR, and now seem to possess the only copy of the thing anyone's ever come across. Despite the less-than-stellar quality (off-air -- no cable, no satellite), it's still 'Christmas' incarnate for me, and I watch it religiously every Christmas.

      Update Dec 12 2008: There are VHS copies floating around Ebay etc. now, and Pyramid Media now has it available on DVD. Good Hunting!

      (Also check out Good King Wenceslas - none other than Leo "Rumpole of the Bailey" McKern. Hard to mistake that voice.)
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