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A Christmas Calendar
Directed byJochen Richter
Written byHildegarde Schroeder
Produced byFranz Lazi
StarringLoretta Swit
Edited byHildegarde Schroeder
Distributed byPBS
Release date
December 18, 1987
Running time
60 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish and German

A Christmas Calendar is a 1987 PBS holiday special hosted and narrated by Loretta Swit. The program was co-produced for PBS by Deutsche Welle and Oregon Public Broadcasting.

Description

Loretta 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

  • Loretta Swit
  • Reinhardt Schmidt
  • Theresia Schmidt
  • Felicia Sharon
  • Barry Sharon
  • Regensburg Boy's Choir
  • Fischer Choir of Stuttgart

Production

Location scenes for the program included Nuremberg, Munich, Aachen, Stuttgart, Hamburg, and Berlin, Germany.[4] The program has not been released on VHS or DVD.

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