Child's Christmas in Wales

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Child's Christmas Wales DVD
With the disappearance of VHS, it is wonderful to have this literary classic on DVD. Dylan Thomas's words come to life beautifully in this rendition.

Something of Every Child's Christmas Everywhere
Seeing this on PBS 10 or 12 years ago it was an instant favorite. My Child's Christmas was in West Michigan the joking boyish uncles, the alternately worrying and celebrating aunts and the sense that children were the center of a warm and caring universe were all there in my place and in my time. Almost anyone can find elements of their own childhood Christmas memories in this beautifully filmed and sonorous, lilting recounting. I am so glad that Amazon stocked it four years ago so that my family could enjoy it every year

Child's Christmas
We watched this with our grandchildren (ages 4 and 9) and it was enjoyed by all. My granddaughter (4) liked the part where they sang carols and a whispery voice sang back to them. We have read the book and the video brings it to life. Excellent.

A Lyrical Masterpiece
Both lyrical and poignant, this lovely film based on Dylan Thomas's poem, captures the warmth and nostalgia of a Christmas long past. Portraying a kind-hearted grandfather, the late great Denholm Elliot lovingly spins this Christmas tale from childhood for his enraptured grandson Thomas. Although the film includes many great visual scenes, "Mrs.Prothero's house fire", "The uncles", and the "two pipe-smoking young men walking undaunted toward the sea", to name a few, it emphasizes Thomas's evocative text, thus creating a rather literal film. Although lyrical, the film progresses quite nicely, moving seemlessly between the grandfather's childhood remembrances and the present. A well-wrought and beautiful film, my only criticism would be a technical one, and perhaps I'm splitting hairs, but I had hoped that it could have been produced in anamorphic widescreen, filling the entire screen of a 16x9 tv. Nonetheless, a must for any Christmas film collection.

A Child's Christmas in Wales
This is our family's favorite Christmas story ever. It was shown on PBS the year my daughter was born. My husband called my hospital room and told me to turn it on, quick. We had this film on tape, and just ordered it on DVD. By the way, that precious daughter turns 21 in December.