Imagine a new movie that tells the stories surrounding
our religious and popular Christmas songs

There were so many Christmas song written during the past 300 years that it will take about seven hours to tell all of the stories.
So, the planned two-hour movie has now been converted into a six-hour mini-series.

The most interesting section of this vast time frame was from 1933 to 1952.  No less that 28 new songs were introduced then.  All of them sold millions of records and copies of sheet music.  Because so many people are still living who will remember these events, we will make the episodes covering this period first.

Some very exciting non-musical scenes of history will also be woven into the song stories.  These will be three Santa’s Workshops with the actual toys of the era.  These will be 1933, 1943 and 1949.

Thomas H. Carlisle (Bio) started gathering historical information to make this film in the 1973. This included interviewing most of the people who wrote or sang a Christmas song. Many of these people were recorded on videotape. Still pictures, movies, and historic documents have also been acquired from the artists and authors. Now he has a vast archive of all kinds of Christmas antiques that will be available for the production. At this time Tom has invested 35 years and $300.000 in research for the production. During this time, Tom has become friends with other historians who have done similar research projects. All of them will be involved in creating this movie.

In 1980, thirteen people formed an antique Christmas organization, “The Golden Glow of Christmas Past,” which now has about 1200 members. Tom was a charter member of this group. Many members also have large collections of ornaments, lights, toys, and other memorabilia that will be loaned to the forthcoming production. The recreated scenes will be historically correct. Many museum curators around the country have offered their collections and buildings to make sure that this historic creation is completed. http://www.goldenglow.org