Honestly any of the veggietales shorts would be better with a similar message. If you need to have a sub for Sunday School and want to teach about faith and miracles it would be a fine choice but I can still think of better. The stop motion is fine but not the best I’ve seen from Rankin/Bass and it’s just so syrupy it is hard to recommend- and that’s coming from an adamant apologist for many Christian films. Angela Lansbury sounds completely lovely singing White Christmas, Christmas Snow is Magic and Save a Little Christmas. The thing that makes this bit watchable and sweet in its own way is the songs. There’s a Christmas pageant where Lucas and Louisa are our angels (did any of you doubt that would be the case?) ![]() Lucas is also trying to thwart off pranksters who lose his sheep and also trying to find the perfect gift for Sister Theresa. But Lucas and his friend Louisa pray for a miracle and they get what they ask for and more. Basically little Lucas gets to know the nuns and starts to feel at home with his sheep at the monastery.īut mean old Father Thomas (Cyril Ritchard) doesn’t think it is the right place for a little boy and insists he be taken to the orphanage. Theresa is voiced by Angela Lansbury and I could listen to her all day. It tells the tale of a little blind boy named Lucas who is lost in a storm watching over his sheep and some nuns including Sister Theresa take him in and care for him. More along the lines of something you’d watch as a kid in Sunday School to teach a principle than a real piece of cinema. The First Christmas Snow unfortunately is one of the weaker entries I’ve seen but that’s not to say it doesn’t have some positive elements. The rather ungainly title refers to a nativity play put on but really the The First Christmas Snow is more the plot of the special. As you headed north and got north of Interstate 10, the atmosphere was too dry to support much more than just a few flurries.įor additional information (including weather maps, radar images and photos), check out.The next entry I’m looking at in my Rankin/Bass month is the 22 minute program The First Christmas: The First Christmas Snow. The heavier snowfall occurred over the coastal counties south of Houston because this area had more moisture in the atmosphere (being closer to the Gulf), and was also closer to the track of the upper level low. Snowfall totals of around an inch occurred in Clear Lake and Missouri City, with accumulations in Houston generally ranging from a dusting to around an inch. North of this area, the snowfall totals dropped off rapidly. All areas south of a line from around Garwood to Needville to Friendswood to Texas City saw at least 3 inches of snow, with 4 inches falling on Galveston Island and 6 inches reported in Angleton and Alvin. In this area, approximately 9 to 12 inches of snow fell. ![]() The band of heaviest snowfall, about 20 miles wide, was centered from Victoria to Edna to Bay City to Lake Jackson. The upper low moved across South Texas during the nighttime hours Christmas Eve, resulting in a band of heavy snowfall just north of the track of the system. Eventually, the atmosphere moistened up by late in the day as the upper level low approached from the west. Ahead of this system, some snow began across Southeast Texas, but the dry atmosphere kept the snowfall light during the day, resulting in only trace amounts or a light dusting through late afternoon. The morning of Christmas Eve, a strong upper level low was evident on satellite across northern Mexico. Normally when winter weather events occur in Southeast Texas, the depth of the cold air is much shallower, resulting in ice (freezing rain or sleet) being a lot more common in these parts than snow. Before the heavy snow began on the night of Christmas Eve, the entire depth of the atmosphere over Southeast Texas was below freezing. What made this event unusual was not just the cold air being in place, but the depth of the cold air that was in place over the area. ![]() Snowfall totals ranged from 13 inches (in Brazoria) to about 1 inch (in Pasadena) across the region.Īn arctic cold front had pushed across Southeast Texas on Wednesday dropping temperatures below freezing, so plenty of cold air was in place Christmas Eve when the snow began. The snow line ran from Cotulla to Cuero to Sugar Land to Winnie. For the first time ever, some areas experienced their first white Christmas. The Great Christmas Eve Snow Storm (2004)Ī rare and record breaking snowfall occurred Christmas Eve into early Christmas morning across south and southeast Texas.
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