The Christmas Visit (1959) A Russian Boy and His Tree

Antarctica, since there are no trees there. Santa Claus loans the boy his magic jet to get there, and other speaking creatures help him on his way later. The cartoon was made during the rise of the cold war. Russia was central to the Soviet Union, which was essentially an atheist state, no doubt our English translation took a few friendly liberties with the storyline. Notice the interesting Cyrillic lettering in the film. Thirteen days after Western Christmas, on January 7th, the ...
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