| A collection of holiday themed short films from the early days of cinema, these shorts are a glimpse at the cinematic holiday offerings made for filmgoers in the early part of the 20th century. The nine films included here are: A HOLIDAY PAGEANT AT HOME (5 min. 1901), A WINTER STRAW RIDE (Edwin S. Porter, 7 min. 1906), A TRAP FOR SANTA (D.W. Griffith 16 min. 1909), A CHRISTMAS ACCIDENT (Bannister Merwin, 15 min. 1912), THE ADVENTURE OF THE WRONG SANTA CLAUS: AN ADVENTURE OF OCTAVIUS: AMATEUR DETECTIVE (14 min. 1914), SANTA CLAUS VS. CUPID (Will Louis, 16 min. 1915), SANTA CLAUS (29 min. 1925), A CHRISTMAS CAROL (10 min. 1910), and THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS (Edwin S. Porter, 9 min. 1905). |
