The Magic Christmas Tree
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Director Richard C. Parish Music director Victor Kirk Duration Country United States | 2.2/10 Genre Family, Fantasy Screenplay Harold Vaughn Taylor Writer Harold Vaughn Taylor Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1964 (US) Initial release December 19, 1964 (Seattle) Cast Chris Kroesen (Mark), Valerie Hobbs (Old Woman), Darlene Lohnes (Mark's Mother), Richard C. Parish , Willard W. Willingham , Billy Schaffner Similar movies Santa Claus (1959), The Christmas Secret (2000), The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny (1972), Santa Baby (2006) Tagline The enchanting story of a magic tree that made a prisoner of Santa Claus and opened the heart of a boy to the true meaning of Christmas |
The magic christmas tree 1964 kiddie matinee theatrical trailer
The Magic Christmas Tree is a 1964 American Christmas-themed fantasy-adventure film about a boy who uses a magic ring to bring a Christmas tree to life. The tree then grants the boy three wishes.
Contents
- The magic christmas tree 1964 kiddie matinee theatrical trailer
- The cinema snob the magic christmas tree
- Plot
- Production
- Home video
- References

The cinema snob the magic christmas tree
Plot

Three boys are walking home from school on the afternoon of Halloween. On the way home, one boy, Mark, agrees to help a strange old woman to get her cat, Lucifer, out of a tree. Mark climbs the tree, but falls and is knocked unconscious. When Mark wakes up, he discovers that the old woman is really a witch. The witch gives Mark a magic ring, and tells him that if he plants the seeds inside a magic tree will grow. On Thanksgiving, Mark performs the magic spell that the witch taught him, and a magic evergreen tree grows overnight in the back yard. Mark's father tries to cut down the tree, but to no avail. Later, on Christmas Eve, the Magic Tree comes to life, and grants Mark three wishes. The boy first wishes for one hour of absolute power, which he promptly abuses. Mark's second wish is to have Santa Claus all to himself. When Mark sees the unhappiness his selfishness causes, however, he uses his third wish to return Santa Claus to the children of the world. On Christmas Day, Mark wakes up, and realizes that the entire adventure was all a dream.
Production

In the style of The Wizard of Oz, The Magic Christmas Tree presents a full-color dream sequence bracketed by black-and-white 'reality' sequences. It was filmed in La Verne, California on an extremely low budget.
Home video

The Magic Christmas Tree was released on VHS by Goodtimes in 1992. It has been marketed in a two-pack with the Mexican film Santa Claus. In 2010, the film was parodied by Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett of RiffTrax, and has been called one of the worst and most depressing holiday films of all time.


References
The Magic Christmas Tree WikipediaThe Magic Christmas Tree IMDb The Magic Christmas Tree themoviedb.org