A Christmas Carol 1971 ~ Animated ~ Alastair Sim ~ Full Length ORIGINAL POST

[@justjeff53]

(CHRISTMAS DAY 2024) ~~ I can't believe I posted this 13 years ago and people are still coming back after all these years. To those who appreciate this, Merry Christmas!

[@Nothereforthechase]

❤ Merry Christmas. God bless

[@jackdarcy6382]

Merry Christmas! I really appreciate you uploading this as it's a Christmas tradition to come back every Christmas eve and watch it. One I really look forward to :) so thank you

[@corneliaklaraghadami8455]

Merry Christmas❤

[@rosemaryclarke2348]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! This used to be shown every Christmas by the BBC and every Christmas I would search for it in the Radio Times! I'm so delighted that I have found this wonderful animation again; now all I need is what came after it, Tales of Hoffnung with the little tuba!❤❤😂

[@sabineekaterinamuller8322]

I watch it every year, Jeff. Thank you for posting it!

[@dominichazell7862]

Sad to hear the animator Richard Williams died today. His Oscar for this classic was well deserved.

[@jorgelopez-pr6dr]

Yes,indeed.

[@rodneyholmes5260]

💯

[@kesenaememere8520]

Sad news 😔

[@hunterolaughlin]

He died at least having won 2 Oscars for his animation work. This and Who Framed Roger Rabbit. R.I.P. Richard Williams. You and your amazing animation will live on and be influential to many aspiring animators.

[@WillCWilson]

@@hunterolaughlin He hated that Roger Rabbit was the thing everybody knew him for. And looking at all his shorts, commercials, and his unfinished masterpiece, The Thief and the Cobbler, and the many other things he did that are now available on the internet, I can 100% sympathize with that statement.

[@matthewlo55]

2024 Christmas eve watching this anyone?

[@beverlybradley5485]

Yes here watching this on Christmas Eve, drinking Bucks-fizz in 2024, this & the original movie with Alister Sim is the best portrayal of Ebenezer Scrooge, my Great Great Great Grandfather was called Ebenezer born in Shoreditch London.

[@CherylthePearl]

I'm watching it again this year. Watch it every year whenever I can. Saw it on television in 1972 when I was 11 years old and loved it.

[@yvc9]

As i speak ❤ from Montreal

[@lorischwartz2533]

My favorite version of this story

[@nathancasstevens8586]

Alastair Sim was a great Scrooge in both animated and live production of a Christmas Carol. May he Rest In Peace

[@flewggle]

This isnt a cartoon, its art.

[@darthstarkiller1912]

I second that. This is true moving art.

[@LeiasStandIn]

Alastair Sim: the greatest Scrooge ever. The 1951 film is perfect, because of him

[@flewggle]

There is no Christmas Carol better than the 1951 version with Alastaire Sim. This animated version is my 2nd favorite.

[@derektereve286]

A Christmas Carol 1984 is a pretty good one too

[@justjeff53]

Merry Christmas from Ohio. ~ It's now Christmas eve 2021. ~~ It's been ten years since I first shared this classic on KZbin. It's been great hearing from the folks who have discovered this classic tale, and from the ones who have rediscovered it after looking for many years. Hope to see you next year. Thanks for visiting and have a VERY, MERRY CHRISTMAS!

[@aliassem1035]

Merry Christmas man it’s amazing that you’re still active on KZbin especially that people who upload videos like these disappear and they are no longer active.

[@missjannd]

Thank you for uploading this I've never seen it! Merry Christmas from Virginia! 🎄🎄🎄

[@mikegan73]

Thanks again for keeping this great animation uploaded, it's the first thing I watch every Christmas morning now. Happy Christmas from Ireland.

[@MaskedMan66]

Merry Christmas!

[@justjeff53]

@@aliassem1035 I'll leave it up as long as KZbin will let me. Merry Christmas!

[@WilfWilf-l7b]

I retired this year after 54 years of work and I decided to revisit my youth. Thanks for sharing this absolute beauty, I am in the groove.

[@FirstLast-zk6rx]

Congrats on your retirement :) Merry Christmas!

[@kaylakeiser-dl3jw]

🎄🎄🎄 Merry Christmas

[@newjojosupercutsandmore2489]

It’s a good way to get into the holiday, I just turned 25 the other day and I think this might just be my favorite iteration of the story I’ve seen yet, beautiful yet concise

[@alin81-82]

I miss hand drawn animation. This was so well done. Alastair Simm will always be the definitive Scrooge.

[@lvelez1999]

Oh yes. Rip

[@frankrizzo4460]

Yes I totally agree with you. Such great memories back then 🤔

[@kaylakeiser-dl3jw]

🎄🎄🎄 Merry Christmas

[@PaganMan1966]

I have watched this every year since 1971. It is one of my traditions. Thank you for sharing it.

[@Ann-sj4pt]

Are you watching this year?i hope you are well.

[@PaganMan1966]

​@@Ann-sj4ptyes every year. How about you?

[@Ann-sj4pt]

@@PaganMan1966 first time 😊

[@PaganMan1966]

​@@Ann-sj4ptI hope you enjoyed it

[@maureen669]

I am absolutely thrilled to find this version of A Christmas Carol. It's 2022... These actors of days gone by are a God send. This will be always a part of my Christmas Eve tradition.

[@christinadodd5780]

Why were Christmas and cartoons so much cozier back then? When I was a kid, I loved the start of December. The tree and decorations, the twinkly lights, Christmas music, and cartoon Christmas specials I couldn't wait to watch, the cookies and treats, the excitement of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Now, it's Dec 18, and I just realized Christmas is a week away. 😐 It's so different compared to when I was a kid. I also like these cartoons better than the digital animation they have now.

[@bighuge1060]

This was televised every December in the 1970s. It's a shame this is not available on bluray or DVD. To me, it's one of the best and starkest Christmas Carols ever. I especially like how Tim's death is treated like a gut punch. One of the best Marley's as well. In all seriousness, this freaked me out as kid. But it is glorious.

[@hammadoolass]

The black and white Alastair Sim movie from 1951 is by far the BEST version of this story ever. I am going to watch it now --- only 35 days to go to a Merry Christmas x

[@MaskedMan66]

Merry Christmas to you! God Bless us-- every one!

[@Sunny25611]

Yes also a favorite! Happy holidays and best wishes for a very merry and blessed Christmas ! 🍃🕊

[@martinmorales4645]

Great to be able to watch this again on Christmas eve at the ripe age of 52....

[@Gumblina1]

Remember watching this as a kid when it came out. Am now 58 and still watch it every Christmas. Nothing can match it!

[@katecoffee4744]

November 2022. These animated holiday specials have been a joy since my childhood. Happy Holidays, all!

[@catlover614]

This is the version we watched on TV every Christmas in the 1970's. Wonderful memories !! Merry Christmas !!

[@Patrious_WoW]

so much in just 25 min, why cant movies be this good in 2023 and up?

[@bradleyjones3052]

Takes me back to the 70's on school holidays watching animated classics 👍🏽

[@nelliemelba4967]

Me too, happy days...(sigh)

[@bradleyjones3052]

@@nelliemelba4967 when life was simple..

[@wildflowerwind6941]

Me too

[@MaskedMan66]

Remember all those Rankin-Bass stop-motion specials?

[@justjeff53]

Seasons Greetings from Ohio. It's now Christmas eve 2018. Seven Christmases have come and gone since I shared this with the world. Welcome to my friends who return every year to watch this classic. And hello to the folks that have arrived for the first time. . Welcome back my friends and have a very, MERRY CHRISTMAS!

[@CreevyMorrigan]

Every year, I come here. Thanks for keeping this alive.

[@justjeff53]

@@CreevyMorrigan ~ Merry Christmas..

[@georgezuniga6298]

Good Will to all!

[@mikegan73]

Thanks so much, first thing I do on Christmas morning is watch this wonderful version, it's become a tradition, Merry Christmas.

[@Ciara1594]

Thank you and have a very Merry Christmas!! 🎄✨✡️🤗

[@cassiecrawford7453]

This version of a Christmas Carol is wonderful ❤

[@bootsforemmett1381]

This is magical… and still surpasses other animated versions.

[@justjeff53]

Seasons Greetings from Ohio. ~ I first shared this classic back in December 2011 and will leave it here as long as KZbin will let me. Welcome back to my friends who return every year. And hello to the folks who have arrived for the first time. Thanks for visiting and have a VERY, MERRY CHRISTMAS!

[@saburu79666]

Merry Christmas, dude, from the UK. I just watched this and enjoyed it thoroughly. Thanks very much! ✌😎

[@justjeff53]

@@saburu79666 Thanks ~~ Merry Christmas!

[@ayusshho]

Merry Christmas 🎄🎄 🙂

[@mikegan73]

Another Christmas , and another thank you again from Ireland for keeping this great piece of animation uploaded, Happy Christmas to you.

[@justjeff53]

@@ayusshho Merry Christmas Ayush.

[@CherylthePearl]

I'm watching it again in 2024.

[@tjc525]

Same here on xmas day

[@justjeff53]

Greetings from Ohio. It's Christmas eve 2017. Six Christmases have come and gone since I shared this with the world. I'm so glad many of you finally found this after many years of Searching. Welcome back my friends and have a very, MERRY CHRISTMAS!

[@wilmastahl3060]

Thanks from Holland and a nice Christmas too!

[@justjeff53]

Thanks, and a Merry Christmas to you.

[@mikegan73]

Greetings from Ireland, I come back to watch this every Christmas eve or Christmas morning. This is my favourite version since childhood, cheers for keeping this uploaded on KZbin, Merry Christmas.

[@stretmediq]

Thanks and merry Christmas to you!

[@justjeff53]

Merry Christmas Liberty!

[@joec.9591]

One of the things I have always admired about this version is it's the only one that tried to capture the Ghost of Christmas Past the way Dickens describes it in the story.

[@MaskedMan66]

It's the most difficult of all the Ghosts to portray; live-action is now at a point where they could do it right, but nobody has so far.

[@victorcrabbe8107]

Watched this as a kid when it first came out. Brilliant animation. Why they don't keep showing this on television alongside Rudolph, the Grinch, and a Charlie Brown Christmas is a travesty!

[@danielstadden1149]

IDK, that marley was pretty scary!

[@labrynianrebel]

That's why I stopped watching television ~2015.

[@MaskedMan66]

@@danielstadden1149 He's supposed to be.

[@danielstadden1149]

@@MaskedMan66 may give small children nightmares

[@MaskedMan66]

@@danielstadden1149 Listen, I first saw this when I was four or five years old; it scared me to death, and I *loved it!*

[@kirkklassen7288]

Such a great story. It touches me personally as a born again Christian. God Bless You All.

[@MaskedMan66]

Merry Christmas!

[@towerpower6867]

Just watched this at 54 years of age. I'm fairly sure I saw it as a child but how cool is this? Love it!

[@rogerrendzak8055]

The best animated film version, of the classic Christmas tale, ever!! Hand's down!!! At the beginning, once I saw Chuck Jones' name, I knew I wouldn't be disappointed. Totally missed this one, my whole life. Excellent 👍!!!

[@Izumi-sp6fp]

The animation style of this animated version of "A Christmas Carol" is second to none! I was 11 years old when i saw this in 1971 and the ghost of "Marley" scared the absolute _life_ out of me. Staggeringly awesome!

[@MaskedMan66]

Same here, only I was more like four or five. It's been one of my favorite stories ever since, and I have been in several stage productions of it.

[@rebeldeperulibre6059]

I love watching old cartoons 🙋‍♂️

[@yummyyum36719]

50 years old and still fantastic.

[@royandjacqueline1294]

56 years old and still fantastic💞 🥰🇯🇲🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🕊️🔥✝️

[@toyman9642]

The 1951 black & white British production of A Christmas Carol is the best version by far!!! Alister Sim as Scrooge is perfect.

[@ticketyboo2456]

toy man As long it is not one of those godawful colourised versions.

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

Not nearly as perfect as Alan Young!

[@louiseskip3488]

@@ticketyboo2456 I think it is. You want the black and white version on KZbin, brilliance.

[@musicman201047]

The DVD release has both the black and white version and the colorized version, making the film that much better.

[@carylee2002]

This is by far the best animated rendition of a Christmas favorite..I always looked forward when PBS shown it ...glad it's on youtube for all to enjoy.

[@MGMOZfan]

I remember seeing this as a kid! I've never forgotten the haunting image of Ignorance and Want under the robe of the Ghost of Christmas Present! Amazing to see this again after almost 50 years!

[@dancalmpeaceful3903]

You don't have to look too far to see Ignorance and Want....Just look at the next two "people" who will soon be inhabiting the White House......

[@kathleenirish]

Yes, a permanent impression was made upon me as well...the spirits flying through the night sky. Chilling and stunning

[@MaskedMan66]

@@dancalmpeaceful3903 They could do with a ghostly visitor or four.

[@MaskedMan66]

This was my introduction to the story! I saw it when it first aired and I was only about four. It scared me to death, but I loved it. :-)

[@dancalmpeaceful3903]

@@MaskedMan66 Agreed - it really is a masterpiece of animation. RIP Richard Williams (same animator of Roger Rabbit fame too I believe). The imagery is evoking.

[@TickleMonster333]

My grandma would record stuff like this for me on VHS tapes whenever she could, I miss her.

[@phataguilar1724]

Same miss ny gma she was tha BEST at making my child good tha best she could

[@kakarrot62]

Amazing how the 2 best renditions of The Christmas Carol both feature Alistair Sim. The 1951 Classic Scrooge with him is hands down the best ever made and then this comes in second. No other is even close.

[@jwelch5742]

The only movie version of "A Christmas Carol" to win an Oscar. After this television short won the Oscar, the Academy changed its rules so that a made-for-television cartoon could never again win this honor, even if it was shown theatrically. This version of the story was actually a made-for-television short, and premiered as a television special, but was thought to be so excellent that it was released theatrically and pronounced eligible for Oscar consideration.

[@kathleenirish]

I was lucky to see this special that became my favorite version of all. Just wonderful

[@TheSunUpInTheSky]

That sounds really a dumb decision on their part.

[@lindaopthof9504]

Alastair Sim was my grandfather's first cousin. Their fathers were brothers. One brother came to America and one stayed in G. B. Alastair was a very private man.

[@juliewheatley8411]

Omg can't believe it this was my favourite has a kid I remember watching it way back then I was 7when I first saw it .I've been trying to find it for years . I love it . One of my all time favourite stories

[@bowhead7826]

Stunning animation and art direction with a human touch. Why hasn't this earned annual showings every Christmas?

[@bighuge1060]

It used to in the 1970s. Now, the only way to catch it is on KZbin and an old VHS tape. The starkness and effectiveness of this production is wonderful. Tiny Tim's death hits with a gut punch.

[@elijahbaker781]

The way Jacob Marley is animated in this version is so damn haunting and his voice is bone chilling to the core by far one of the scariest versions of Marley.

[@wintertime331]

Totally agree ! The way a scary phantom should be !

[@musicman201047]

That IS the whole point to.....SCARE THE DICKENS OUT OF Scrooge into seeing the errors of his ways, and become a better,more charitable person, right?

[@Nikki-yn7yv]

I love any version of the Christmas carol but Alastair Sims is the best version I watch it every year

[@sheilagravely5621]

November 17,2022 here. I always watch all the versions of Christmas Carol I can find from now to new years. I watch them during the year when I get sad or discouraged. Merry Christmas America and Americans. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😘😘😘😘😘❤❤❤

[@ericellis7431]

I watch them all myself all 20 something versions I have on DVD

[@nutew4809]

I do the same !!! Good reality check.

[@kevinbeck6785]

January 1 2021 and just found this animated version of scrooge with the voice of the man who will always for myself be the best scrooge ever Alistair Sim. A Happy New Year To You !!

[@ezrastardust3124]

I love the art style of this film, it’s somehow both eerie and oddly comforting

[@bcsurvivor4713]

No other actor has ever been able captured the spirit of Scrooge like Alistair Sim. Watch the 1951 movie, it's wonderful.

[@kevinbeck6785]

He was the best and there are some great scrooges in some great versions but Alastair Sim will always be the greatest

[@barriolimbas]

God bless us everyone, especially in 2020. Merry Christmas!

[@ghostcityshelton9378]

🍷🍾🎁🎄🎁⛄ MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

[@kathyjohson1273]

Thank you, and a Merry Christmas to you, too!!! And like you said, God Bless us, EVERYONE!!!🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@paulclarke7571]

As a child growing up in the 70s I lived for this type of animation. It was fun and magical to me. Seeing the old cell animation like this takes me back to Magical Christmases when my mother was still alive. Thank you for uploading this. It is truly a masterpiece.

[@neaklaus52]

This is one of the few versions of "A Christmas Carol" that gets the times mentioned by Jacob Marley right. Most get them wrong, which makes Scrooge's comments on Christmas Morning sound silly. This is really one of the best animated versions of the story ever made.

[@iraceruk]

An absolute masterpiece. This isn't just for children as others have said. It's a work of art. It won an Oscar.

[@bruthamann5697]

December 6 2021: Watching this again!!!! 😃 Thank you for posting this classic! The wife and I watch this every year! ❤ Merry Christmas everyone!!!!

[@robertwilliams9234]

Looked forward to this every Christmas with my brother who has since passed away a part of our Christmas I will never forget

[@wintertime331]

Sorry to hear about your brother, I’d like to think he still watched it with you when you watch it 😊🎄☃️❄️

[@D.Z.A.-kp8lf]

I love every version of A Christmas Carol.. me and my mom when I was younger and all the way up until I was grown looked at every version every year we tried to see all of them and sometimes we succeeded.. my mom passed away in 2017.. and for a while I couldn't look at any Christmas Carol but I started it up again in 2019..

[@StevenSavage]

Just watched this and was blown away. Sim is of course excellent, the animation style is fantastic. A wonderful gem.

[@diannecota7563]

Watched this as a kid in the Seventies; always scared me, especially the scene with Marley’s ghost when he unties cloth around his head and his jaw falls open, and then when it snaps shut and he flies up out the window into the night sky. I had nightmares of that scene happening in my bedroom. What can I say, I was a sensitive kid.

[@pkaprelian]

Me too!

[@joycelamaster7292]

This is my favorite, animated version of this story. Told the way it should be told; a true ghost story.

[@devoutone1]

Timeless classic. Superb animation.

[@markwales8101]

Here we are again 2024! Love this version. Remember watching it as a kid in 1970s south Wales. Nadolig llawen 🎅🎄.

[@martyharris4905]

Beautiful animation. Its almost like looking at a lithograph.

[@MaskedMan66]

That was the intent! :-) It was made to resemble woodcuts.

[@michaelibarra2566]

I remember this animation when I was a kid.. I'm glad to see it again thank you

[@shawnmalone9711]

Merry Christmas 2023, I'm glad these old cartoon are on KZbin and can be viewed at any time. I saw this cartoon on a black and White television in 1971 and my family enjoyed watching another version of " A Christmas Carol". I was used to " Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol", and the 1938 movie, and the 1951 movie starring Alastair Sim as Scrooge. Dad was nodding off on the couch( he was working overtime so we could have toys, new clothes and food for Christmas) Dad was laughing at the two kids under the ghost robe, and Dad said, "Beware of the boy called ignorance, " lol!

[@theskannian2010]

I have not seen this in over 50 years! Thank you for posting it! Happy Christmas and God bless us, every one!🎅🎄😺

[@richardalmeida1843]

This version is one of my favorites growing up in the seventies.

[@warhorse2034]

Alastair Sim made this story a classic for all time 🎄🕯️❄️

[@MoonJD1]

No one draws animation like this. These are priceless.

[@sfighter0085]

An absolute classic. Merry Christmas 2022!

[@OldSchool1947]

Seen this years ago on tv. I think it is THE best animated rendering of A Christmas Carol EVER! So true to the actual story and all its nuance. I watch it every year. WOW!

[@mjulia9214]

Something I’ve noted when viewing renditions of this story is that often the two children (ignorance and want) that hide beneath the skirts of the ghost of Christmas Present are often kept out of the story……..so glad they are included in this wonderful version.

[@SamuelBlack84]

I think many consider them too bleak for something often shown during primetime

[@zackstark24601]

The only A Christmas Carol Adaptation to win an Oscar!!

[@scotthamilton007]

Zack Stark Deservedly so. This is a most impressive piece of art. How ironic that it is unobtainable on DVD or Blu-ray! I appreciate the posting. Merry Christmas.

[@relaxureyes]

I knew I wasn't the only one to listen to Christmas music all year. It's my bedtime and cheer up music. God bless us... every one!

[@tigerking5505]

What is the name of the music intro of this movie? I'm asking you, because you listen Christmas music all the year😊😊 is just I love this song and I don't know what is its name 😊😊 I only know that is a Christmas coral music 😊😊 thank you 😊😊

[@nosmoking4933]

Alistair sim was 71 when he did the voice of scrooge and he was 51 when he played him in the film. He is the best scrooge in my opinion. 😀

[@allisontaylor1818]

Thanks...I never knew that,,,the best in my opinion too

[@kathyjohson1273]

I concur

[@harddriven1344]

In your opinion my opinion and many other opinions.

[@kefilwem8284]

I miss the 90's, my childhood. I felt the spirit of Christmas then. Watching Christmas cartoons in the morning. Beautiful! Thank you.

[@MaskedMan66]

This is from 1971, but I hear you. :-)

[@wlj344]

Superbly related story full of the value in human warmth. Merry Christmas to anyone listening to this also🎄

[@mikegan73]

The animation style is the best of all animated adaptions of Charles Dickens novella. If you look at the original illustrations of Dickens first printed book, you will see the similarities visually with this animated adaption. Merry Christmas everyone and a happy new year in 2023.

[@lukeskywalker1840]

Chuck Jones. The OG of cartoons.

[@ItWILLbeWONDERFUL_THERE]

If the last two years has taught me anything, it's to count my blessings. To everyone watching this classic , a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS and the beginnings of MUCH BETTER THINGS (Please GOD! 🙏) come 2022.

[@MaskedMan66]

Merry Christmas!

[@friendship9904]

I can never get sick of Christmas songs and movies

[@benhuether5474]

One of the most accurate depictions of the original novel, especially Ghost of Christmas Past.

[@hunterolaughlin]

Well, except the Ghost was genderless; having male and female traits and looking like something between a child and an elderly person. This one does look like a child, but the voice gives off a female impression.

[@MaskedMan66]

@@hunterolaughlin I assume you're talking about the Ghost of Christmas Past. It was a truer depiction of that Spirit than any other movie or T.V. show ever has managed. Though Scrooge calls it "Sir," Dickens pretty consistently calls it "it," and it is a very ambiguous being, at one point bearing "fragments" of all the faces it had shown to Scrooge, both males and females. As for the voice, it was performed by English actress Diana Quick and deepened to sound uncertain.

[@nicholasparreco914]

This is my favorite animated version of A Christmas Carol. I remember watching it as a child back in the 70s. When Bob Marley removed the cloth and his jaw dropped has been burned into my memory. Merry Christmas to you all.

[@jimstanga6390]

Alastair Sim voices Scrooge, and I’ll bet it’s still Michael Hordern that is Marley.

[@tesslouis3834]

Yes, same! The animation is incredible. Merry Christmas!

[@alexhaggerty39]

merry christmas to you nicholas

[@clydealways7405]

Jacob Marley is his name. Bob Marley is someone else entirely.

[@jimstanga6390]

@@clydealways7405 Scrooge-man, ya been a bad-man! Rotten!

[@mrgeeization]

I watched this on TV as a kid. It is absolutely the best version ever, and I was so very happy to find it here. Only the Muppets come close!

[@Paul_on_Guitar]

Absolutely agree. I remember that casket floating up the stairs creeping me out sooo bad when I was younger. 😁

[@Evan-vs1ew]

I haven't read all the comments, so I'm not sure if anyone mentioned it: this won the Academy Award for Animated Short Subject.

[@yippedoodah]

I try to watch this every year around the holidays and it always makes me tear up

[@jurijuri4365]

Christmas

[@StephenLyons-tl8ie]

Though somewhat condensed, this version is very faithful to the book and the animation is second to none.

[@bruthamann5697]

I watch this every Christmas! Best childhood memories! Totally creeped me out when I was a kiddo but I loved it!!!!!!! Merry Christmas everyone!!!! 🎅🎅🎅

[@chrism.4544]

A 1971 TV special, subsequently released theatrically, making it eligible for Oscar consideration. It won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film a year later. Some industry insiders took issue that a short originally shown on television was given the award, and the Academy responded by changing its policy, disqualifying any future works initially shown on television eligibility.

[@jacquesaubin4454]

I saw this on its original 1971 broadcast. I was 7 yrs old. It scared the what-for out of me! And I've never forgotten it. Ignorance and Want are portrayed as no living being can do.

[@MaskedMan66]

Same here, except that I was four or five.

[@Bungadin2845]

Superb. The classic illustrations come to life and economically told. First time I’ve seen it for over 45 years. I’ve remembered it almost frame for frame all of that time,. The story as relevant now as ever. Thank you for posting this.

[@waaterdog]

Growing up in the '70s, this was the definitive version, [other than the actual literature]! Extremely difficult to find anywhere, but yet this was the 1972 Academy Award Winner for Best Animated Short Film! This version alone still seems the most accurate in "feel" for Dickens' work. It still scares the crap out of me - as the author intended. THANK YOU for making this available for all of us who love this version of the telling. Merry Christmas Jeff!

[@justjeff53]

I thank every one of you for the wonderful comments. It's Christmas Eve (2013) here in Ohio, USA. I wish you ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

[@unhooked25]

And a Merry Christmas to you also. One year later that is. Oh And a Happy New Year!

[@Noah.lutthious.zero01]

Omg i love old christmas animation classics

[@Maria-j9c7k]

Me too. Just found this one.

[@carloszerbinatti3515]

this is one great work! no computers ,frame by frame, those guys from the past were really the best!

[@gavhinds8190]

I was born in 71 and its brought back lively memories from my childhood..thanks for this..have a great Xmas.

[@starrfaithfull6934]

Gav, We were married in 1971. This was our first Christmas together. A beautiful animated film most remembered for its eerie beauty and the boys' choir singing "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen." Still married and happy. Hope your Christmas this year is wonderful.

[@gavhinds8190]

@@starrfaithfull6934 thankyou and the same to you..I've been with my wife now 30 years...but I love these old cartoons ..you can never beat the old stuff no matter what anyone says..have a great Xmas.

[@captdlg4626]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! God Bless. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 12|25|2024.

[@josephclark4153]

The same you 😊

[@justjeff53]

Sorry guys. I had many things going on in my life and forgot to leave a Christmas Eve message as usual. Anyway, a very belated Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from me, myself, and I.

[@JohannaLeigh]

Not to worry. Life happens. Hope y our Christmas holidays and New Year's went well. If I may recommend a movie.... *"The Man Who Invented Christmas"* (2017) with Christopher Plummer. It tells of how Charles Dickens came to write A Christmas Carol, and how the issues of his own life played a part. I'm sure he would have loved this version of his story.

[@Chrisfeb68]

Merry Christmas!

[@JohannaLeigh]

Merry (belated ) Christmas. Can you believe we're already half way through JANUARY!? @@Chrisfeb68

[@Douglasman123]

I sort of feel bad that he couldn’t never finish his version of The Thief and The Cobbler. From what I hear the original version would have been amazing. before Aladdin .

[@FirstLast-zk6rx]

Merry Christmas and happy new year!!!

[@bonnielucas153]

Thank you for putting this on youtube. Today is Dec 20, 2021

[@rajasekaran8618]

I am also watching. 😉

[@MhWow66]

First saw this aged 6, one Christmas Eve on Uk television when we only had 3 channels. It warmed my heart and soul back then as a child waiting for father Christmas and stirs those wonderful dreams every time i see it. Thanks for listing it here.

[@nutew4809]

I watch it every year, a few times because this is a Christmas classic. Why do we not see any of these classic’s on Tv 📺. It’s a dang shame . God bless all who believe in something more then themselves!!!! Nute 🦎🙏

[@kevinbeck6785]

Well said it would be great for the young children to watch on tv as we always watch scrooge at christmas

[@MaskedMan66]

Legal issues, I expect.

[@lynnpayne9519]

It is on TV and KZbin every year. They can watch any time they like. I suspect you are even older then me. You think yourself better then younger generations. A touch of the Scrooge in you I think.

[@danielstadden1149]

@@lynnpayne9519 not better, more cultured and well-mannered

[@andrewm503]

Saw this many times on CBS when I was a kid. I looked forward to it every year. Such great artistry. It was especially scary when the Ghost of Christmas Present showed the children living under his robes. 😮

[@sandee3073]

We must be about the same age because I too loved watching this version on tv as a kid. Then it seemed to disappear until I found it again on KZbin. It’ll always be my favorite version. And you’re right-the scene with the children in the robe was terrifying then and now!

[@pamelamichajlow287]

I still don’t like that ghost, gives me the creeps.