The Small One
The Small One (also known as A Christmas Miracle in the UK) is a 1978 American animated featurette produced by Walt Disney Productions and released theatrically by Buena Vista Distribution on December 16, 1978 with a re-issue of "Pinocchio" (1940). The story is based on a 1947 children's book of the same name by Charles Tazewell and was a project for the new generation of Disney animators including Don Bluth, Jerry Rees, Henry Selick, Gary Goldman, and John Pomeroy.

The story tells of a young boy, outside Nazareth, who must part with his best friend, an old donkey named Small One. He brings it to market, but no one is in need of a "scrawny donkey", except for a tanner.
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animated
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featurette
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Walt Disney Productions
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Buena Vista Distribution
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Pinocchio
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book of the same name
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Charles Tazewell
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Don Bluth
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Jerry Rees
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Henry Selick
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Gary Goldman
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John Pomeroy
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Nazareth
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market
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tanner
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The Small One
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