The Little Drummer Boy

Last five minutes or so of The Little Drummer Boy from 1968. Lamb is run over and they go to see "the kings" to save him.

What is Christmas All About?

From A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965), here's Linus explaining what Christmas is all about.



Luke, Chapter 2
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, "Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger." And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men."

Why the Chimes Rang

Raymond Macdonald Alden is the author of the once popular Christmas story Why the Chimes Rang (1909). It is the story of a grand old church with beautiful chimes which mysteriously ring out every Christmas Eve whenever someone places an especially pleasing gift on the altar as an offering, and how a miracle occurs after the chimes have fallen silent for years. The story is a sort of variation on the Jongleur de Notre Dame and Little Drummer Boy themes.

You can read this story online by clicking here.

The Other Wise Man

This is a story, written by Henry van Dyke in 1895, about a fourth wise man who journeyed to find the Christ and encountered truth and perspective along the way. It’s a great holiday story and I encourage you to discover it.

"You know the story of the Three Wise Men of the East, and how they travelled from far away to offer their gifts at the manger-cradle in Bethlehem. But have you ever heard the story of the Other Wise Man, who also saw the star in its rising, and set out to follow it, yet did not arrive with his brethren in the presence of the young child Jesus? Of the great desire of this fourth pilgrim, and how it was denied, yet accomplished in the denial; of his many wanderings and the probations of his soul; of the long way of his seeking and the strange way of his finding the One whom he sought--I would tell the tale as I have heard fragments of it in the Hall of Dreams, in the palace of the Heart of Man." (Summary written by Henry van Dyke.)


You can read it online by clicking here.

You can listen to an audio recording of the story by clicking here.

The Littlest Angel

Here a scene from the 1969 movie The Littlest Angel, with Johnny Whitaker and Fred Gwynne. I remember watching this on TV.