Christmas Comes But Once a Year

Dec 4, 1936

0h 9m

★ 7.2

Overview

At an orphanage, the children are sad because they received used defective toys as gifts. Professor Grampy sees the children while passing by in his sled and has an idea on how to give them a merry Christmas.

Genres

Animation

Family

Comedy

Music

Production Companies

Fleischer Studios

Christmas Comes But Once a Year Trailers

Cast

Professor Grampy (voice) (uncredited)

Jack Mercer

Orphans (voice) (uncredited)

Mae Questel

Grampy (voice) (uncredited)

Everett Clark

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