A Child's Christmas in Wales

Don McBrearty
1987-12-23


7.1
55 min

It's Christmas Eve in Wales. A young boy named Thomas is excited about the holiday, but he's also disappointed because it's raining instead of snowing. His grandfather gives him an old snow globe as an early Christmas present and starts telling colorful, amusing stories about his childhood Christmases that are shown in flashback. Thomas keeps asking his grandfather more questions because he likes the stories and because he doesn't want to go to bed. His parents finally insist that he go to bed, and his grandfather tells him one last story about going to bed on Christmas night while listening to his family singing carols downstairs. After Thomas falls asleep at last, his grandfather opens the bedroom window and sees falling snowflakes.

Cast

Name Character Team
Denholm Elliott Old Geraint Unowned
Mathonwy Reeves Thomas Unowned
Glynis Davies Mrs. Wales Unowned
Michael Fawkes Father Unowned
Jesse McBrearty Young Geraint Unowned
Calum McGeachie Jim Unowned
Gwynyth Walsh Mother (past) Unowned
Nigel Bennett Father (past) Unowned
Anne Butler Auntie Hannah Unowned
Helen Beavis Auntie Betty Unowned
Jenny Turner Auntie Dosie Unowned
Donald Ewer Uncle Arnold Unowned
Gordon Masten Uncle Unowned
Bridget O'Sullivan Mrs. Prothero Unowned
James Mainprize Mr. Prothero Unowned
Rolant Ellis Thomas Jack Unowned
Jo Paige Postman Unowned
Gaynor Jones Cousin (uncredited) Unowned
David Jones Dan Unowned