NewsChannel 5 Classic Holiday Cartoon

Charles DePriest created this little animated Christmas message for WTVF-TV in Nashville in 1974. It has aired here every year since during the month of December. We hope you all enjoy it!
This commercial was hand drawn cell by painstaking cell by a NewsChannel5 employee Charles DePriest in 1974. "Charlie D" worked at WTVF for 45 years. The music used was from a music box and is titled “Gott ist die Liebe” (“God Is Love”) written by German composer August Rische (1819-1906) and can be found in many a German hymnbook.

[NeSherylWilliamson]

This always meant it was Christmas for me

[radiomindchatter]

We moved to Smyrna in 1975 and that winter saw this commercial for the first time.
Real good memories from this...

[nanette]

This will always be one of my favorite Christmas commercials. I look for it every year and it brings back so many great memories.

[maryhatfield]

You always new it was Christmas when you seen this commercial. Makes me think of Chris Clark too. RIP. Chris.

[sharonrivers]

Love fhis commercial.i remember watching it after me n my family moved to nashville..long time ago.❤

[agoraphobicadam]

It wasn't Christmas as a child without this commercial.

[gracecatz]

Someone build me a time machine so I can go back 🥺

[mcl]

Loved this animation since it first aired. Haven’t seen the 2021 4K digital version - is that posted online anywhere?