The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow falls during the pageant works a small miracle. The film contains a performance of Irving Berlin's "White Christmas". The film's title actually refers to the Christmas pageant the orphan children presented on Christmas Eve, though the title could also refer to the first time Lucas actually experiences snow after his sight returns. It originally premiered on December 19, 1975 on NBC. In later years, it aired on CBS, usually as the last Rankin/Bass special aired for the season. Freeform once aired the special each year during its "25 Days of Christmas" programming block, but AMC has now taken over broadcast
The Christmas Tree (1996 film) The Christmas Tree (1996 film) The Christmas Tree is a 1996 American made-for-television Christmas drama film directed by Sally Field, starring Julie Harris and Andrew McCarthy and produced by Walt Disney Television which premiered on ABC on December 22, 1996. A story about a forming friendship between an elderly nun, Sister Anthony (Julie Harris), and New York's Rockefeller Center's head gardener Richard Reilly (Andrew McCarthy), who wants to fell a tree she's been growing for decades and move it to New York City for Christmas display. "The Christmas Tree" had international release under several titles: In France as "Arbre de