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{{Infobox television
| image                = A Christmas without Snow.jpg
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| genre                = Drama<br />Music
| creator              = 
| based_on             = 
| writer               = 
| screenplay           = John Korty<br />Richard W. Beban<br />Judith Anne Nielsen
| story                = [[John Korty]]
| director             = [[John Korty]]
| starring             = [[Michael Learned]]<br />[[John Houseman]]
| narrated             = 
| theme_music_composer = [[Ed Bogas]]
| country              = United States
| language             = English
| num_episodes         = 
| executive_producer   = Frank Konigsberg
| producer             = Whitney Green<br />[[John Korty]]<br />[[Suella Kennedy]] (associate producer)
| editor               = Peter Parasheles<br />Barbara Pokras
| cinematography       = Mike Fash
| location             = [[San Francisco]]
| runtime              = 95 minutes
| company              = [[Korty Films]]<br />Frank Koenigsberg Productions
| budget               = 
| network              = [[CBS]]
| first_aired          = {{Film date|TV=y|1980|12|9}}
| last_aired           = 
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'''''A Christmas Without Snow''''' is a 1980 American [[Television film|made-for-television]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by [[John Korty]] and starring [[Michael Learned]] and [[John Houseman]]. The film was broadcast on [[CBS]] on December 9, 1980.

==Plot==
A [[divorcee]], Zoe Jensen ([[Michael Learned]]), moves to [[San Francisco]] from [[Omaha]] in an effort to rebuild her life. She has reluctantly left her young son back home with his grandmother until she is more financially secure. She joins a local church choir which has just gained a new, demanding [[choirmaster]], retired music conductor Ephraim Adams ([[John Houseman]]). Adams challenges the choir to dramatically improve, creating discomfort for some of the members, particularly when he sets the high goal of performing [[George Frideric Handel|Handel]]'s ''[[Messiah (Handel)|Messiah]]'' for a Christmas concert. Meanwhile, the choir overcome setbacks as they all deal with personal issues.

A teacher by profession, Zoe soon learns no positions are available and that she lacks training to perform more readily-available work. Living in an inexpensive apartment, she brushes up her typing skills in order to gain employment before her mother wearies of looking after her son, who is growing anxious from his separation from Zoe.

Zoe receives her grounding at church, where an assortment of inner-city residents range from a former opera singer to a student seeking to educate himself for a life in a profession. The opera singer falls by the wayside when ego gets in her way, while the student is falsely accused of vandalism to the church organ simply because of his race, yet is vindicated by those who know and believe in him. Together, they persevere in the church choir. Along the way, Zoe finds an office job and, with the help of a bargain hunter, prepares a pleasant home for her son and herself.

Unexpected talent abounds within the choir. The amateurs give their best as ones who perform for the love of the music. This love extends far beyond the choir loft and is exemplified when the choir members band together to make the needed repairs to the organ pipes.

At a pre-performance holiday dinner the choir sees a different side of Ephraim Adams as he presents gifts to the choir members and joins in the merriment. Weakness suddenly overtakes him and he collapses; at a local hospital it is determined he has had a stroke.

The choir performs ''Messiah'' admirably at the Christmas concert, accompanied by the vintage organ, with Adams in attendance in a wheelchair. The choir has progressed far beyond an unlikely group of city dwellers. They have become a family.

== Cast ==
* [[Michael Learned]] as Zoe Jensen
* [[John Houseman]] as Ephraim Adams
* [[Ramon Bieri]] as Henry Quist
* [[James Cromwell]] as Reverend Lohman
* [[Valerie Curtin]] as Muriel
* [[David Knell]] as Terry
* [[Calvin Levels]] as Wendell
* [[Ruth Nelson (actress)|Ruth Nelson]] as Inez
* [[Beah Richards]] as Wendell's Grandma
* [[William Swetland]] as Hartley
* [[Ed Bogas]] as Seth
* [[Daisietta Kim]] as Maisie Kim
* [[Joy Carlin]] as Cora Newman
* [[Anne Lawder]] as Evangeline Burns
* [[Barbara Tarbuck]] as Carol Thorpe
* [[Roberta Callahan]] as Alice Lohman
*John Patton as Mr. Jefferson
* [[Gail MacGowan]] as Alto soloist
* Will Connolly as Bass soloist
* [[Jane Frasier-Smith]] as Mrs. Dienhart
* [[H. Leonard Richardson]] as Mr. Hitchrick
* [[Matthew Hautau]] as Robbie
* [[Sterling Lim]] as Arthur Kim
* [[Jay Krohnengold]] as Mr. Goodman
* [[Barbara Squier]] as Ms. Meyers
* [[Lou Picetti]] as Mr. Loop
* [[Will Marchetti]] as Dan Garner
*William Browder as Bride's father
* [[Joe Bellan]] as Taxi driver
*Stephanie Smith as Waitress
* [[Carol McElheney]] as Office worker
* [[Steve Prescott Jones]] as Man in office
* [[Mark Anger]] as Doctor
* [[Dan Leegant]] as Sergeant
* [[Tony Dario]] as Detective West
* [[Yule Caise]] as Tough youth
*Kevin Harris as Tough youth
* [[Robert Rivers]] as Tough youth

== Soundtrack ==
* "[[Messiah (Handel)|Messiah]]" by [[George Frideric Handel]]

==See also== 
* [[List of Christmas films]]

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0080532|A Christmas Without Snow}}
* {{Internet Archive film|id=AChristmasWithoutSnow|name=A Christmas Without Snow}}

{{John Korty}}

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[[Category:1980 television films]]
[[Category:1980 films]]
[[Category:1980s Christmas drama films]]
[[Category:American Christmas drama films]]
[[Category:Christmas television films]]
[[Category:1980s English-language films]]
[[Category:CBS network films]]
[[Category:Films set in San Francisco]]
[[Category:American drama television films]]
[[Category:Films directed by John Korty]]
[[Category:1980s American films]]
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