In addition to all of her other works during her long career, Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck wrote several 'juvenile fiction' Christmas-related stories.
This 'storybook insert' originally ran in the December, 1956 issue of Family Circle magazine (the same issue that provided last week's
Peter Lind Hayes & Mary Healy 'Night(mare) before Christmas'
photo-spread post).
The story was published in hardback form the following year, with different (non-Disney) artwork.
Other than "Visualized by
Walt Disney and Staff", I'm not finding any credit for individual artists on this piece.
If you have any insights or clues, I'd love to hear about it - - leave a comment or drop a line.
In 1956, Disney was running full-steam with their brand-new Anaheim theme park and two popular TV shows.
More and more of their visual output on TV and in theaters was live-action. Disney animation was still producing theatrical shorts, had released the feature-length 'Lady and The Tramp' the previous year, and began production in '56 for the 1959 release of 'Sleeping Beauty'.
So far, I see no evidence to suggest that there had been any plans by the Disney studios to produce an animated version of Pearl Buck's 'A Christmas Miniature'. Again, any info you might have on the topic is appreciated.
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