Pinocchio's Christmas
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Pinocchio's Christmas is a 1980 Christmas stop motion television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions that is a holiday adaptation of the 1883 novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. The special was originally aired on ABC on December 3, 1980. It aired annually during the Christmas season on Freeform and as of 2018 airs on AMC.
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An original advertisement for the television special.
The Adventures of Pinocchio
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The Adventures of Pinocchio, commonly shortened to Pinocchio, is a children's fantasy novel by Italian author Carlo Collodi. It is about the mischievous adventures of an animated marionette named Pinocchio and his creator and father figure, a poor woodcarver named Geppetto.
illustration from 1883 edition by Enrico Mazzanti
As soon as Geppetto carves Pinocchio's nose, it begins to grow.
Pinocchio throws a hammer at the talking cricket.
Geppetto is released from prison and makes Pinocchio a new pair of feet.