Cavalcade of America Quotes
[first lines]
Himself - Host: Good evening. I'm Thomas Mitchell. I suppose you're wondering what I'm doing in these surroundings at Christmas time... this unbaked courtyard in a Latin American village. No falling snow to give us the traditional white Christmas; no jingle bells or holly wreathes, no mistletoe or evergreens - but the Christmas spirit is here, just as much as it is in your hometown, because Christmas is more than festive trappings and familiar symbols. Its realm is the human heart. It's a spirit that's confined to just one place; it belongs everywhere. So, we'd like to tell you a unique story of Christmas spirit that took place not in our own land but in a Latin American village like this. It's a warm story about a custom that happens every year to people like these. Our story, "Three Young Kings," begins here with this little girl...
Himself - Host: Good evening. I'm Thomas Mitchell. I suppose you're wondering what I'm doing in these surroundings at Christmas time... this unbaked courtyard in a Latin American village. No falling snow to give us the traditional white Christmas; no jingle bells or holly wreathes, no mistletoe or evergreens - but the Christmas spirit is here, just as much as it is in your hometown, because Christmas is more than festive trappings and familiar symbols. Its realm is the human heart. It's a spirit that's confined to just one place; it belongs everywhere. So, we'd like to tell you a unique story of Christmas spirit that took place not in our own land but in a Latin American village like this. It's a warm story about a custom that happens every year to people like these. Our story, "Three Young Kings," begins here with this little girl...
Movie: Cavalcade of America
[last lines]
Father Miguel: "Behold, there came wise men from the East to Jerusalem." This is your answer, my friends - the little babes from the street of All Saints reminded our boys of another babe swaddled in coarse cloth who slept on the straw in a manger, and with this in mind, we have to realize that these three boys were *not* good boys... not just ordinary good boys... they were Melchior, Gaspar and Balthazar, my friends. Indeed, in the generosity of their hearts and the sweetness of their spirits and the courage of their resolve to do right, they are indeed three young kings!
Father Miguel: "Behold, there came wise men from the East to Jerusalem." This is your answer, my friends - the little babes from the street of All Saints reminded our boys of another babe swaddled in coarse cloth who slept on the straw in a manger, and with this in mind, we have to realize that these three boys were *not* good boys... not just ordinary good boys... they were Melchior, Gaspar and Balthazar, my friends. Indeed, in the generosity of their hearts and the sweetness of their spirits and the courage of their resolve to do right, they are indeed three young kings!
Movie: Cavalcade of America