A Cosmic Christmas

A Cosmic Christmas (1977)

Three aliens come to Earth to discover the true meaning of Christmas.

Three aliens from an unknown planet, who bear a strong resemblance to the Biblical Magi, visit earth to know the true meaning of Christmas. Peter, a young boy, and Lucy, his goose, are the first to encounter them. Unable to find the true meaning of Christmas in town, Peter takes them to his family's house in the woods. While Peter's grandmother tells the aliens about her memories of Christmas, Marvin, one of the town's bullies, steals Lucy. In the chase to rescue Lucy, Marvin falls through the ice in a lake. Peter attempts to rescue him but falls into the lake as well. The townsfolk, who were out searching for the aliens, attempt to save the boys but their human chain isn't long enough to reach them. The three aliens, who had sworn not to interfere with events on earth, decide to help in order to learn the meaning of Christmas.

Date of release
1977-12-04
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (11)
Runtime
26m
Genres
Animation, Science Fiction, Family, TV Movie
Director
Clive A. Smith

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Budget: CA$275K

A Cosmic Christmas is a Canadian Christmas animated television special, premiering on CBC in Canada and in syndication in the United States on 4 December 1977. It was the first television special produced by Toronto's Nelvana company.

Production

A Cosmic Christmas is the first installment in the 1977–1980 series of television specials produced by Nelvana Ltd. The first animated work from the studio, it was also their most expensive project at the time, costing C$275,000. The special spent 2+1⁄2 years in development, and four months in production; 24 artists and 30,000–40,000 drawings were involved.

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