While parts of the story are adorable - the little shepherd boy and his sheep, with the dog, the nuns and the other children - the weird, weird aspect of adding snow and Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" bothered me to no end. Especially since the children add snow to the nativity scene of the first Christmas. In Bethlehem? Jesus was sleeping outside in a manger in the Middle East and there was snow? What is this even? Whose terrible idea was this and good lord why in the world did so many people go along with it as late as 1975?
Generally I am a fan of 70s cinema and I especially love these stop-motion Christmas specials, but this one is truly bizarre.
Generally I am a fan of 70s cinema and I especially love these stop-motion Christmas specials, but this one is truly bizarre.