A Christmas Calendar is a 1987 American Christmas television special hosted and narrated by Loretta Swit. The program was co-produced for PBS by Deutsche Welle and Oregon Public Broadcasting and premiered December 18, 1987 on PBS.
| A Christmas Calendar | |
|---|---|
 Opening card for program | |
| Written by | Hildegarde Schroeder |
| Directed by | Jochen Richter |
| Presented by | Loretta Swit |
Country of origin | United States |
Original languages | English German |
| Production | |
| Producer | Franz Lazi |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | Deutsche Welle |
| Original release | |
| Network | PBS |
| Release | December 18, 1987 |
Description
editLoretta Swit travels to Germany to discover the holiday traditions in the European country. Swit journeys through various regions of Germany including spending some of the holiday with a German family. She discovers the origins of St Nicholas, the Christmas traditions such as the Christkindlmarkt as well as show the viewers the winter scenery of the country.[1][2] The program includes seasonal music with insight of the origins of the titles.[3]
Cast
edit- Loretta Swit
- Reinhardt Schmidt
- Theresia Schmidt
- Felicia Sharon
- Barry Sharon
- Regensburger Domspatzen
- Fischer Choir of Stuttgart
Production
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ↑ Overview of A Christmas Calendar (1987)
- ↑ "A Christmas Calendar". Archived from the original on February 8, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2008.
- ↑ Hollywood.com: A Christmas Calendar (1987)
- ↑ Original Print Information for A Christmas Calendar
External links
edit- A Christmas Calendar at IMDb
- Christmas Calendar, A at the TCM Movie Database (archived)
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