This boring hodgepodge of saccharine and tears is as manipulative as it is barren. And the kid is just God-awful. William Holden is clearly in the death-throes of his career at this point and this is "Exhibit A" that he was willing to do just about anything for a paycheck. The plot, an aging father is trying to make one last special Christmas for his fatally ill ten-year old son. That's all there is. Not even the normally irrepressible Bourvil can inject any life into this D. O. A. tearjerker.
Review of The Christmas Tree
