A Christmas Portrait TV Special

The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait
Genre	Music
Written by	Rod Warren
Directed by	Bob Henry
Starring	Karen Carpenter Richard Carpenter The Richard Carpenter Trio Gene Kelly Jimmy McNichol Kristy McNichol Georgia Engel Peter Pit
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Executive producer(s)	Jerry Weintraub
Producer(s)	Bob Henry
Editor(s)	Jimmy B. Frazier
Running time	60 min.
Production company(s)	Downey-Bronx Productions
Distributor	ABC
Release
Original release	December 19, 1978

The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait is a Christmas TV special featuring The Carpenters that aired on ABC on December 19, 1978. It was the second Christmas TV special that the pop duo made and was filmed in October 1978.

The special stars Richard and Karen Carpenter, with special guests Gene Kelly, Kristy and Jimmy McNichol, Georgia Engel, and Peter Pit. The special is named after the Carpenters recently released Christmas album Christmas Portrait in October 1978.

The synopsis of the special revolves around Karen and Richard throwing their annual Christmas party (just like the previous Christmas). They have invited all their special guests and the guests take turns giving their gifts to one another by song. Agnes and Harold Carpenter (Richard and Karen's parents) have cameos in this special. The last four songs just talk about the history of Christmas music and show a variety of selections from different cultures and languages.

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