Willy Krueger, a lonely and aging widower, lives in a basement apartment with only his cat George for company. Finishing his work for the day as the custodian for the building, he ventures out on Christmas Eve to buy a tree and on the way, he imagines he is a well-dressed gentleman while peering at some fine tailoring in a shop window along the snowy street. Returning home, he falls asleep listening to an LP by The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, dreaming that he is conducting them in carols of the season. Awakening to find some carollers outside his window, he beckons them to visit him offering hot chocolate, but they leave after only one song. In trimming the tree, he places upon it the mittens left behind by Clarissa, the youngest of the carolling group. Handling figures of the small nativity beneath his tree, Willy finds himself in the manger for the very first Christmas.
Kieth Merrill
Director
Jeremy Lepard
Director of Photography
James Stewart
Mr. Krueger
Beverly Rowland
Lead Caroller
Kamee Aliessa
Clarissa
Tamara Fowler
Clarissa's Mother
Gordon Jump
Narrator
Oscar Rowland
Tree Salesman
Tyson Lewis
Baby Jesus
Darro Glissmeyer
Caroller
Rolando González
Caroller
Leslie Peery Howa
Salvation Army Lady
Rita Jensen
Caroller
Alan Nash
Mr. Holloway
