The first half of this film shows thousands of people attending a Christmas parade in Wellington in 1958. Santa arrives on a float decorated as a ship called ‘the spirit of Christmas’.
The second half of this film show a life-sized nativity stable being built in Taihape. It is visited by people from all over the district.
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Christmas in New Zealand
The 1950s
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