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Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Begins with the slaughter of Bethlehem's innocents under orders from a paranoid King Herod. Go back a year to the prophecy that informs Zechariah that his wife, Elizabeth, will bear a child. Elizabeth's cousin, the adolescent Mary, struggles with her family to make ends meet and is promised to the carpenter Joseph. Mary is told by the angel Gabriel that she will carry, while still a virgin, the long-awaited Messiah who will liberate the Jews from...
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
Fullscreen and widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Young Mary is told by the Angel Gabriel that she will bear the long-awaited Messiah, who will liberate the Jews from Herod and his Roman benefactors, while her affianced husband Joseph is told in a dream that Mary speaks truthfully about her miraculous pregnancy.
4) The star
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Sony Pictures Animation's The Star, a small but brave donkey named Bo yearns for a life beyond his daily grind at the village mill. One day he finds the courage to break free, and finally goes on the adventure of his dreams. On his journey, he teams up with Ruth, a loveable sheep who has lost her flock and Dave, a dove with lofty aspirations. Along with three wisecracking camels and some eccentric stable animals, Bo and his new friends follow the...
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The Christmas bunny: When Julia, a lonely foster child, discovers an injured rabbit on Christmas Eve, she forms an unlikely friendship with an eccentric farm woman who vows to nurse the bunny back to health. In the process, Julia's own heart is healed and she forges a bond with her adoptive family that makes her holidays one she-and you-will never forget.
The littlest angel: Tells the story of an 8 year-old shepherd boy named Michael in Biblical...
7) Nativity!
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
This Christmas, elementary school teacher Paul Maddens decides to take on the biggest challenge of his life - staging his school's musical production of the Nativity. Competing against his arch rival at the local private school for the coveted best-reviewed show in town, the stakes are raised when a potential visit from Paul's ex-girlfriend Jennifer, a Hollywood producer, sends everyone involved into a festive frenzy.
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Christmas is supposed to be a season of love, warm feelings, and happy hearts. But with the children's constant bickering, pretty packages and a sweet-smelling tree don't come close to filling the McDonald home with the true spirit of the first Christmas. Then Mom remembers an old tradition of building a soft bed for Baby Jesus one straw at a time. Each time someone secretly does something nice for another family member, he or she gets to add a single...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Includes six short films and TV shows: "Silent night: story of the Christmas carol" (1953), "Christmas is magic" (1953), "Star of Bethlehem" (1956), "Three young kings" (1956), Star of Bethlehem" (1954), and "Starlight night" (1939). The magic and spirit of Christmas will brighten your holiday in each of these lost and rare shorts. Two dramatize the story of the writing of "Silent Night" carol. Two tell the Nativity story from different viewpoints...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Begins with the slaughter of Bethlehem's innocents under orders from a paranoid King Herod. Go back a year to the prophecy that informs Zechariah that his wife, Elizabeth, will bear a child. Elizabeth's cousin, the adolescent Mary, struggles with her family to make ends meet and is promised to the carpenter Joseph. Mary is told by the angel Gabriel that she will carry, while still a virgin, the long-awaited Messiah who will liberate the Jews from...
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