The Bear's Christmas
1974
8 min
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This short cartoon tells the story of a bear who didn’t believe in Christmas. His main problem with this most magical of holidays? Too many Santas. How would he ever recognize the real one? Alone, out of a job, he goes to drown his sorrows, but back in his lonely room, for all his doubts, the Christmas spirit makes a surprise call.
Details
This short cartoon tells the story of a bear who didn’t believe in Christmas. His main problem with this most magical of holidays? Too many Santas. How would he ever recognize the real one? Alone, out of a job, he goes to drown his sorrows, but back in his lonely room, for all his doubts, the Christmas spirit makes a surprise call.
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directorHugh Foulds
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storyHugh Foulds
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animationHugh Foulds
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producerDon WorobeyJohn Taylor
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executive producerPeter JonesRobert Verrall
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cameraSimon LeblancCameron GaulRaymond Dumas
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editingPeter Hearn
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re-recordingBill Armstrong
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musicRalph Dyck
Education
Ages 14 to 18
Ethics and Religious Culture - Religious Diversity/Heritage
Media Education - Consumerism
Social Studies - Economics
Social Studies - Social History
Questions/Activities:
- What is the main character’s problem with Christmas?
- What is Santa’s problem with Christmas?
- Christmas as consumerism
- Start a discussion about the history of Christmas and how it has turned into the marketing juggernaut that it is today.
