It's easy to tell that this short live action b&w film was made with lots of love and hard work. The craftsmanship alone makes this worth watching. It is not stop motion. The characters revolve, bend over, move their arms, etc. Although the story takes place on Christmas Eve, there actually is only a slim plot connection to Christmas throughout. Laura(a real girl) is reading a book of Mother Goose stories. We see the pages briefly. She wonders what the characters might be doing at this festive time of year. Then we switch to storybook land. Here is where we begin the parade of familiar children's characters from nursery rhymes, picture books and fairy tales. Wee Willie Winkie is the only recurring character. The highlights include Mother Goose herself in her sweetshop, Rapunzel, the three blind mice skating, Puss and Boots, Little Red Riding Hood dancing with the Wolf(don't think you'll find that anywhere else!), and Little Bo Peep dancing with Little Boy Blue. Also making appearances are Robin Hood, Hansel and Gretel, the three bears and Goldilocks, and Rip Van Winkle. Then the story switches to Tazewell's The Littlest Snowman. The cover of the book is shown, then the story of the snowman with a candy heart. The revolving diorama's are not to be missed! Looking at the date of the book in which the 2nd half of the film was based on, the active years of the film crew, and the overall look of the movie, a date of 1959 or 1960 would have to be pretty close. It would be interesting to speculate if the film's connection to Christmas was an afterthought.