Desc: The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow: Directed by Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.. With Angela Lansbury, Cyril Ritchard, David Kelley, Dina Lynn. A young shepherd, Lucas (David Kelley), is blinded by lightning, and some kindly nuns at a nearby abbey take him in. Sister Catherine (Iris Rainer) describes snow to Lucas, who has never seen it. Lucas gets chosen to play an angel in the abbey's Christmas pageant, and the Christmas snow that falls during the pageant works a small miracle.