(Fleischer Studios, 1936) Original Color Classics production background from Christmas Comes But Once a Year featuring a lovely hand-painted hearth area with a nail-studded mantelpiece awaiting the children's stockings. Accomplished in gouache on a 12 x 9 sheet of illustration board. In fine condition, with mounting remnants to corners. In this heartwarming short, Professor Grampy steps in to save Christmas for a group of orphans by dressing up as Santa Claus. This cartoon marked the only time that Grampy, a character known from the Betty Boop series, appeared in a color cartoon.
