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The Bear's Christmas

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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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.

  • director
    Hugh Foulds
  • story
    Hugh Foulds
  • animation
    Hugh Foulds
  • producer
    Don Worobey
    John Taylor
  • executive producer
    Peter Jones
    Robert Verrall
  • camera
    Simon Leblanc
    Cameron Gaul
    Raymond Dumas
  • editing
    Peter Hearn
  • re-recording
    Bill Armstrong
  • music
    Ralph Dyck

Education

Ages 14 to 18
School subjects
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.

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