The Gift 47 years old

Why is my Father is so hard on me?

On a cold winter morning Tav wakes his son Samuel at 4 A.M. to help with chores on the family farm. He sternly comments on Sam's work, such as napping while milking, or spilling a little milk, causing Sam to tell his mother how hard it is to please his father. She explains that Tav is just teaching him traits he will need as a man, and although his father loves him very much he finds it hard to express this in words. Sam admits to having the same problem. She says that there are unspoken ways to communicate love, and Sam volunteers, "Like Christmas presents ?" She agrees, but will not tell him how to select a special gift for his father. On Christmas morning Sam goes out to the barn alone (except for the cows, pigs, and chickens) to deliver his special gift in a setting very similar to where the very first Christmas gifts were bestowed.

Credits

The Gift Cast

Name	Character
James Griffith He was 60, 77 years old when he died	as Tav

The Gift Crew

Name	Department
Reed Smoot as Director of Photography. He was 114 (79) years old when He died	Camera
Pearl S. Buck as Story. She was 84 (80) years old when She died	Writing