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This holiday special, first aired in 1953 and sponsored by Ma Bell, was produced by puppeteer Mabel Beaton. . . . Ms. Beaton started out performing marionette shows for her community in a make-shift theater during the 1930s and 40s. . . . she decided to elevate her puppeteering career by creating filmed marionette programs. She got lucky with her first try out of the gate when she presented her half-hour Christmas special, The Spirit of Christmas, to The Bell Telephone Company. The president enthusiastically green-lit the show as their 1953 Christmas special, and it became their holiday show for the next several years during the 50s. . . . My first exposure to it was in elementary school in the late 60s/early 70s. Every year, on the last day before Christmas vacation, the teacher would drag out that clunky 16 mm projector and put on the threadbare film print of The Spirit of Christmas.
(includes photos of DVD jacket) - ↑ "Shelby Social Club". May 27, 2009. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
I remember those Christmas parties being held in the Lincoln High Auditorium in the 50s. The would show a 16mm film from the Bell Telephone System called the Spirit of Christmas.
- ↑ "Christmas Specials".