Today, Merry Anne Bright shows how to make the perfect hot cocoa.
The character of Merry Anne Bright first appeared in our 2024 Christmas special. From the studio that brought you End of the Santa Fe Trail and Outlaws of Ravenhurst comes a Christmas story about a Christmas elf learning and spreading the True Meaning of Christmas.
Now, the story continues with a second episode set to release this Christmas. Two scenes are already filmed with a third and fourth being filmed today. We look forward to wrapping the project next week!
Once the film is complete, we will be releasing it on Industrious Family Theater, but you don't have to wait for this film to drop to start streaming!
Watch the first episode of Merry Anne Bright on Industrious Family Theater, and follow this heartwarming series as it explores the true meaning of Christmas through faith, humor, and the enduring light of Christ.
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Christmas 2024, we released a short Christmas film titled "Merry Anne Bright".
It told the story of a young elf sent on a mission by Santa Claus, where she—and the little girl she is sent to help—learn the true meaning of Christmas.
Now, Merry is back.
And this time, her mission takes her somewhere far more somber—where her message quietly carries even more weight.
Instead of being sent to the modern era, Merry is sent this time to an American World War II military camp.
It’s December.
The weather is brutal.
Morale is low.
And many of the soldiers believe Christmas has place here.
“How can we celebrate when the world is at war?”
Merry has been sent by Santa with a message for these men:
Christmas is not about the exterior celebration, decorations, or peace on earth—but about Christ’s birth.
And because of that belief, Christmas can be celebrated wherever Christians are.

