It's Christmas Eve in Wales. A young boy named Thomas is excited about the holiday, but he's also disappointed because it's raining instead of snowing. His grandfather gives him an old snow globe as an early Christmas present and starts telling colorful, amusing stories about his childhood Christmases that are shown in flashback. Thomas keeps asking his grandfather more questions because he likes the stories and because he doesn't want to go to bed. His parents finally insist that he go to bed, and his grandfather tells him one last story about going to bed on Christmas night while listening to his family singing carols downstairs. After Thomas falls asleep at last, his grandfather opens the bedroom window and sees falling snowflakes.
Denholm Elliott
as Old Geraint
Mathonwy Reeves
as Thomas
Glynis Davies
as Mrs. Wales
Michael Fawkes
as Father
Jesse McBrearty
as Young Geraint
Calum McGeachie
as Jim
Gwynyth Walsh
as Mother (past)
Nigel Bennett
as Father (past)
Anne Butler
as Auntie Hannah
Helen Beavis
as Auntie Betty
Jenny Turner
as Auntie Dosie
Donald Ewer
as Uncle Arnold
