The historic, original, live airing of what would become an annual Christmas tradition throughout the 1950s, this opera tells the story of Amahl, a crippled shepherd boy, and his destitute mother, who provide temporary shelter to three men who are following a star to the newly-born Christ child.

• NBC
• Chet Allen
• Rosemary Kuhlmann
• Andrew McKinley
• David Aiken
• Leon Lishner
• Francis Monachino
• Melissa Hayden
• Nicholas Magallanes