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The Bear's Christmas

Name: The Bear's Christmas
Released: May 25 2012, 13:19
Duration: 8 min

Hugh Foulds

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.

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<iframe src="https://www.nfb.ca/film/bears_christmas/embed/player/" width="(( width ))" height="(( height ))" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true"></iframe><p style="width:(( width ))px"><a href="https://www.nfb.ca/film/bears_christmas/" target="_blank"><em>The Bear's Christmas</em></a><span>, </span><a href="https://www.nfb.ca/directors/hugh-foulds/" title="more films by Hugh Foulds" target="_blank"><span>Hugh Foulds</span></a><span>, </span><a href="https://www.nfb.ca" target="_blank">provided by the National Film Board of Canada</a></p>