In this clip, the Women's Forum of Middlebury College load up holiday gifts into a truck parked behind Forest Hall en route to the Meeting House in Ripton. Upon their arrival, local children run (and slide, trudge, and sled) to meet them. The Middlebury women, joined by a costumed Santa, distribute their gifts. Established in 1937, the Women's Forum was originally organized to further interest in economic, political, and social issues of the day. In 1944 the group merged with the Student Action Assembly to focus on social and service work. This clip dates likely dates from the early to mid 1940's.

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This is a clip from original 16mm films in the Middlebury College Archives.