The Bell Telephone Hour: “The Gift Of Music, An Old-Fashioned Christmas” 12/18/59 ~ NBC-TV Hosted by Thomas Mitchell with performances from Rosemary Clooney, Lisa della Casa, Giorgio Tozzi, Penny Ambrose, The Lennon Sisters, John Raitt, Jane Morgan, Florence Henderson, Thomas Mitchell, Howard Keel, Martha Wright, Phyllis Curtain, The American Boy Choir of Princeton, NJ, Harry Simeone Chorale, Little Singers of Paris and the Agnes DeMille Dance Theatre. Highlights: The "Little Singers of Paris" sing French Christmas songs, Georgio Tozzi and Lisa Della Casa sing old English standards like "Deck the Halls" and "Greensleeves". Rosemary Clooney and the Lennon Sisters sing a group of popular American Christmas standbys from "Jingle Bells", "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", to "Silver Bells". Also, a dance-pantomime about the Nativity, based on an English 14th century legend by the Agnes De Mille dance group, that's played against the voice of Tozzi and the choir. In color. 55 minutes. The commercials were show before and after the show so as not to interrupt it. In color. A-