An enchanting puppet story about a country which is desperately short of water. Sally writes to Santa, saying that she will forgo presents this year if he can only make it rain. Santa builds a giant snowball and tows it behind his sleigh all the way to Australia but the snowball is too heavy.
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In ACMI's collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
509415
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Puppet films
Childrens Films → Children 6-12
Childrens Films → Puppet films
Literature → Christmas stories
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)