The House Without a Christmas Tree BOTY_2025 Mowat’s immersive storytelling brings Viking

Mowat’s immersive storytelling brings Viking culture to life as he tells the story of Viking settlement in Vinland—now thought to include areas of Newfoundland and New Brunswick—five hundred years before Christopher Columbus and John Cabot

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The House Without a Christmas Tree BOTY_2025 Mowat’s immersive storytelling brings VikingEmbittered by the death of his wife, James Mills (Jason Robards) refuses to buy a Christmas tree for his 10 year old daughter Addie (Lisa Lucas). Undaunted, Addie wins a Christmas tree at school, which enrages her father. With the help of her loving grandmother (Mildred Natwick), Addie eventually melts her father's quick frozen heart. Set in 1946 Nebraska (albeit filmed in Toronto), House without a Christmas Tree was adapted by Eleanor Perry from a