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Keeping Christmas
Director: Rick Van Velsor
Family Life and Childhood
00:00 / 03:21
Germany in the late 1800's was the epicenter for craftsmen making Christmas décor and ornaments. This is the story of one of such craftsmen, Richard Mahr and his family and how they overcame personal tragedies while navigating their company through the Great Depression, two world wars, a devastating fire and the annexation of their homeland by the communist state.
How did Richard Mahr and his family survive insurmountable odds to save his vision for keeping Christmas?
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