Carol for Another Christmas (1964) - Rod Serling's retelling of A Christmas Carol

[@noreenburgess4148]

Wow. How did I miss this version of the story when I’m a hardcore junkie for this Christmas classic 😱ever since I was a child and I’m 62 now! I’ve spent the whole day watching so many versions and somehow I managed to come upon this thank you to whoever uploaded this gem❤

[@fasteddie8782]

63 here

[@GwendolynStancell]

AND I'M 79 😮 GO FIGURE 😅 😂 HALLELUJAH 🎉 😊

[@karenleemallonee684]

I'm soon to be 62 (real soon) and I haven't watched this yet, but will later today. I'm glad you said exactly what I was thinking, "What's this? I thought I have seen every version made...nope, I was wrong!" You seemed to have liked it, I am excited to watch it later!! 🎄🎀🎄

[@youlamatou]

I am 64 but I only watch Christmas films near Christmas.

[@Warrior99980]

Rod Serling was a genius. You wont see another one like him for a hundred years.

[@anarchorepublican5954]

...well?... Rod's Cold War interpretation of the Dicken's classic, is ingenious pro-Soviet propaganda...and we don't have to wait 100 years to find out if Sterling was actually a genius of futurism...we actually lived it. ..Ironically history proves that it was Sterling's Uncle "scrooge" who proved the real genius... Bigger, faster American missiles did, in the end promote "Peace and Goodwill to all men" and mutual safety for many generations of American and Russian Children...plus the doctrine of MAD (mutual assured destruction) and resulting space age Arms Race...collapsed the Soviet Union...and without a single gunshot...pure genius...

[@theresedegesero8844]

Times have changed..I long for my kids to watch these classics ...sigh

[@Warrior99980]

@@anarchorepublican5954 If you could write a better screenplay, I'm sure we would all be happy to read it. :)

[@anarchorepublican5954]

@@Warrior99980 ...actually the screenplay was superb...as was its convincing Cold War, proSoviet "useful Idiot"style propaganda... However, a generation later is the UN truly answer to Peace on Earth?...as Sterling's thoroughly secular Xmas Carol herein suggests...and after dozens of armed conflicts and "police actions" since this broadcast... is the real obstacle to World Peace... American isolationism or rather is American "involvement"? ...Futurism should be judged by its predictive prognostications or failures...and not a well written screenplay...

[@kyriakospentheides]

@@anarchorepublican5954 Wow... imagine watching this and this is your take away. This was pro-UN not pro-Soviet. I hate the Soviets more than anybody but the US response to the (real) threat of communism drove too many towards it and lead to countless deaths in proxy wars and for Russia to adopt capitalism but remain one of the main enemies of the US - and mankind. Russia and China are as strong as ever and more of a threat than they were in the Cold War. Where is your world peace now?! Seems like not a year goes by without some conflict involving at least one of the major powers.

[@arthurscott4467]

This rendition of a Christmas Carol is more pertinent today than at any time in history . This insanity and hatred are only a centimeter away from man's heart. Love is the only way to keep this from happening. Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ said it best ,Love Thy Neighbor.

[@bleirdo_dude]

Don't underestimate the addictive power of the *Holy Dopamine Ghost* via Placebo Faith. 😇🧠👻

[@arthurscott4467]

@@bleirdo_dude Why are you so angry? I was only commenting on how that story written in the 1960s is relevant to what is happening today . There is so much hate , violence , corruption, greed ,envy and destruction. These things lower man's humanity,but love can only raise us to the higher level ,this higher level is where God wants us to be. That is why God sent His Son ,to die on that cross for us ,so that we can with His help put aside the negative and love one another,as He loved us. May God Bless you and yours. Have a very Merry Christmas, and may your new year be filled with happiness, and love.

[@TheDoctor1225]

@@arthurscott4467 They aren't angry, most of the time. In truth, people of their ilk generally fancy themselves edgy and clever and so never resist the opportunity to poke fun at people in a vain attempt to hide their own discomfort and lack of self-esteem. I have, in my life, known many people who were agnostic, atheist or who simply were of a different faith than I was and in every case in which they were comfortable with what they, themselves, believed and held to be true, they felt no need to denigrate others or play the fool. I find it best to just ignore them and let them stew in the depths of their own lack of character.

[@TheDoctor1225]

@@bleirdo_dude Oh heavens. What a clever, clever remark. No doubt it took you such a long time to come up with something on par with what you'd hear in a junior high classroom. Allow me to give you a much deserved, slow, golf clap.

[@TheDoctor1225]

@@bleirdo_dude And the point of your word salad, save for expressing in a thousand words what you already had in your previous, inane post? Yawn.

[@dankniseley9486]

I'm 70 and have never seen this but how sad 60 years later it still resonates with today's life things haven't changed all that much

[@rhodatuckey7119]

May God please help us to somehow STOP all wars...Amen!

[@SavingOurRepublic]

Amen

[@LibbySlaughter101]

Read Revelation for your answer.

[@melvinamoss3561]

Read your Bible,wars are going to increase

[@darlingusa2pettee57]

God gave us Free Will. Certain people in govts everywhere choose Evil. It's horrendous. But...heaven awaits us.

[@danieldavid4822]

@@darlingusa2pettee57 In a since we don't have free will... if it goes against Gods. And the 2nd is as the 1st. We are all each others neighbor. . is the moral. To all "May God please help us to somehow STOP all wars" end the system that all it does is cause wars.. put counties and people in debt. The Federal Reserve Banking cartel. When Nixon removed the only thing of intrinsic value from it -FRN ( gold) it then became a paper commodity.. the only value was the need to have it.. Counties to have it to buy petroleum from the OPEC nations.. an in return the bought and paid for government will protect them.

[@gratefulMTC]

This film's message is very relevant today. Humanity still makes the same mistake over and over again.

[@cm9439]

This is absolutely Rod Serling's script. There's no mistaking his voice. It's grim but honest, like Dickens' iconic work. Brilliant and surprising, it has a strong cast and very strong direction. Hats off to you, Rod.

[@marycoughlan353]

The laughter when ethics,honour and decency were mentioned sure rang a bell!

[@CammieInOz]

I've watched just about every version of A Christmas Carol but don't recall this one. Very enjoyable, I love Christmas movies, Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas 2021, cheers from Australia!

[@cathydonnellan9174]

Hey mate , I'm in Sth Aust

[@M.C.Blackwell]

Merry Christmas to you as well!

[@kfoster3616]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4i4npyer5V5bK8 New one! Original Dark Shadows cast

[@betomontemayor7369]

Back at you, my friend.

[@ruthbrown5235]

Merry Christmas 🎄 😊 from me in California. 😊

[@dansoda1689]

OMG! Filmed over five decades ago but the message here is still painfully relevant! Please watch this and see how much of this relates to politics today! Amazing cast as well.

[@sherylreed3558]

Politics today..hmm. Well, after OUTOFSHADOWS, Operation Paperclip, Oh & lest I forget, the REALLY NIGHTMARISH DOCU. that reveals HOW THE POWERS that Be LIKE TO MAKE THEIR $-$-$-$-$ NOW-followthewhiterabbit...YES..., all three SHOULD BE RESEARCHED., I SAY GRUDGE HAD it right. So does/did the 5 Star Gen. That said, 'WAR'S A RACKET!' THE W.E.F./THE TOP 1% of the World's movers n shakers/Bankers right in town, MAKE HAND OVER FIST on BOTH Sides of every EVERY CONFLICT/WAR/POLICE ACTION. Merry Christmas! Won't BE PEACE ON EARTH, til The PRINCE OF PEACE STEPS BACK ONTO IT

[@eyesthatsmile-heartthatlov8050]

Trump called the soldiers that went to fight "suckers", uncanny.

[@scruffymonkey123]

Still painfully relevant ay? Ok, if simplistic generalities are relevant, but this is a plea for the United Nations, and look at the UN today! Scarcely a uniting force, and certainly no bastion in the defense of human rights. It was an interesting movie, but certainly left no place for individual freedom, only a subjugation of the people in the name of world unity. The CCP would love this sht.

[@apani4015]

@@eyesthatsmile-heartthatlov8050 Why even comment. You didn't watch the film. You just spread more ugliness. Sleep on.

[@springsogourne]

@@eyesthatsmile-heartthatlov8050hopefully you know the proper context of his statement. You can easily look it up. Don’t follow MSM, it’s toxic. You are being fed a hateful and dangerous narrative.

[@mikecollard1403]

For God sent his son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world through Him would be saved.

[@robinjohnson5014]

Amen

[@Sherrie-fm7cd]

Yes but Jesus will also return to judge the world

[@harriettanthony7352]

Gawd, more fairy tales!

[@reynaldo7753]

You will find out the fairytale is real when you stand before the Lord!!!​@@harriettanthony7352

[@bulouvusonawalowalo1711]

Hallelujah and Amen 🙏 ✝️ ❤️

[@cydneywaynedavis]

This is a true masterpiece that I stumbled upon and I am so grateful to have found it like discovering a buried treasure. Prophetic, relevant, thought provoking and mind blowing. The brilliance of Rod Serling is timeless. I have watched every episode of The Twilight Zone dozens of times over the years and I've never tired of it. This star studded cast is amazing. THANK YOU for sharing this.

[@williamanthony9090]

🤔 😀 😃 😄 😁 😆 😂 🤣 😝!!!!!!!!!

[@hughschwartz6438]

The most compelling rendition of A Christmas Carol I have ever seen, ever more relevant than ever.

[@GwendolynStancell]

EVEN😊

[@plevanger]

Concur with all the comments. I bleed Christmas yet I’ve never heard of this movie! How is that even possible ?! And a movie such as this!

[@lindacope8103]

First time I've seen or heard of this movie but it's unbelievable how it mirrors what's happening politically and economically today. Please spread the word about this movie so others can watch it roo.

[@GwendolynStancell]

YOU 😘 GOT IT 😊

[@dewittcheng4009]

Extrarordinary production. Can hardly believe it was broadcast on American TV. Glory to all involved.

[@pujabelgian]

Humanity is such a disappointment! This originally aired in 1964 and next in 2012. Nothing will change.. people are too self absorbed and apathetic. Follow the money.. more is made in a single day of war than in a year of peace.

[@bassmike5671]

@@pujabelgian War is the machine that will bring about governance of the WEF and control by the Elites. The Absolute ME.

[@GwendolynStancell]

INDEED, IT'S BAFFLING 😮

[@GwendolynStancell]

​@@pujabelgianYES, WE KNOW 😢

[@lindan7214]

Oh, my goodness, I had no idea this even existed! I am a HUGE Rod Serling fan. Thank you SO MUCH for posting this! 😀

[@MichaelYoder1961]

Serling was a visionary. This is story-telling at its finest. Thank you, and Merry Christmas.

[@carolynne4872]

For your comment,I will watch

[@donnanichols6838]

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas, or whatever holiday you celebrate. I hope the spirit of this season fills your hearts to the tippy top. I also hope that you find in your hearts the desire to treat others with kindness, and respect. We have all come through a most stressful past few years, but together we can recover from it. 🍃🤗🍃

[@Instantphojo]

Well said!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@donnanichols6838]

@@Instantphojo XOXOXO🍃🤗🍃

[@francescharters6697]

Thank u for the positive encouragement I'm praying for peace

[@donnanichols6838]

@@francescharters6697 XOXOXO 🍃🤗🍃

[@nildarodriguez3974]

Wow! So time appropriate. Rod Serling was like George Orwell a true visionary artist.

[@maryd.tindall5943]

How parallel to these times is this ??? Sadly accurate in the direction we're going if there isn't change. Excellent movie !!!

[@terrilikens4975]

I was thinking the same.

[@terry4137]

I agree!

[@WilliamOlesky]

You are right, I can't believe the parallel ....

[@MegaJIM66]

a man ahead of his time everything in that film shows what happens today what truth

[@vernam.c.mendiola8903]

Watching this for the first time on the TCM channel. I am a daughter and mom of a Marine. Also the wife, sister, and sisterinlaw of a Soldier. This gives me a new perspective of one of my favorite books and movies. Wow!🤩

[@go2yourself]

2023 This is Rod Serling's writing and visual story telling 4sure! Great cast❤ Fav line .."we decided what we didn't see could'nt happen".

[@stephenkamens587]

"Not just another, 'Xerox UN Movie' ", here. It's powerful in message and content. It belongs with "Seven Days in May", and "Fail Safe". Anybody, involved in Politics and Government, must and should, watch this Movie, before making decisions regarding war.

[@GerrePhillips]

ABSOLUTELY!!

[@Maggie-rr8gi]

I’m so glad I found this also. Had no idea it was even made. Rod Serling had an amazing mind. Very relevant for today.

[@tunanoodle]

How have I never heard of this movie? Still relevant today. Peter Sellers gives a brilliant performance as The Imperial Me. Thank you!

[@LordZontar]

His most sinister character ever.

[@williamanthony9090]

Perhaps you never heard of it because, basically, it SUCKS!

[@TheDoctor1225]

@@williamanthony9090 And yet here you are, making comment after comment about how bad it is. You must really have a shallow, dull life. Welcome to block, and good riddance, child.

[@roxylewis4358]

Carol for Another Christmas was the first in a series of television specials commissioned by the United Nations with the goal of educating viewers about the mission and work of the UN and thereby gaining more widespread support. (Six specials were originally planned, but only four were produced.) The nonprofit Telsun Foundation was formed to develop the programs, and Xerox agreed to contribute $4 million to underwrite the costs of production and air time, thus allowing the programs to be broadcast without commercial interruption.[6][7]

[@andreshernandez1180]

@@williamanthony9090 Does it suck or do YOU think it sucks? Those are two different things.

[@justjackiehealy]

Awesome. I never saw this version. Stellar cast. Can't beat Rod Serling.

[@cydneywaynedavis]

My first time seeing this too and I feel the same way. You really can't beat Rod Serling

[@garycarpenter2980]

This was before my time and I've heard of it before but never seen it but it's a bit different than the classic story I'm used to but this is good

[@cindylewis3325]

Interesting film. I guess history repeats itself all the time. Serling knew it & he really tried to show it to the world thru his stories & his series The twilight zone. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could get along together just in our own country, but equally with the world

[@TralfazConstruction]

This is what they mean when they say, "star-studded cast". Just think of the effort it took to assemble the talent for this production which is now fifty-seven years old.

[@verasmith4767]

In their day they were. You may not know them but they were stars.

[@TheKonga88]

Most of them were completely unknown at the time, so it wasn't a star studded cast back then 🤔🌲🤶🎈😂😂😂😂😂😂👻👻👻

[@LordZontar]

@@TheKonga88 Most of them were actually quite well known in 1964. Sterling Hayden had been a movie star since the early 1950s, Ben Gazarra had already made a splash in movies and television and had been on Broadway, Eva Marie Saint had co-starred with Cary Grant in the 1959 Alfred Hitchcock thriller North By Northwest, and Percy Rodriguez and Pat Hingle had been in multiple live television dramas on the networks. Steve Lawrence, Britt Ekland and Robert Shaw were relatively unknown then (though Shaw had been a film and television star in England for several years) but were about to break into the general public consciousness here in America --- and Peter Sellers had already been seen in the movies that very same year in, of course, Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (with Sterling Hayden).

[@maryjames3727]

@@LordZontar m

[@MD-ut4wc]

Serling was the hottest writer in Hollywood at the time... I'm sure this cast was lining up to get into this Serling/Mankowicz picture...

[@johnparungao6844]

Rod Serling did a Christmas movie?? In all my years of TZ fandom I have never heard of this! No idea how I could have missed it!

[@awolf.8557]

Me too

[@beausie-woesieherewegoesie2548]

Hey, don't forget Rod's amazing teleplay for THE TWILIGHT ZONE": " Night of The Meek" kzbin.info/www/bejne/anXEf2aLh8Zlja8

[@roxylewis4358]

Carol for Another Christmas was the first in a series of television specials commissioned by the United Nations with the goal of educating viewers about the mission and work of the UN and thereby gaining more widespread support. (Six specials were originally planned, but only four were produced.) The nonprofit Telsun Foundation was formed to develop the programs, and Xerox agreed to contribute $4 million to underwrite the costs of production and air time, thus allowing the programs to be broadcast without commercial interruption.[6][7]

[@sandrarice4197]

Love, love, love Sterling Hayden! I really enjoyed this movie. Thank you so very much for posting.

[@angelachouinard4581]

Thanks for posting this rare gem. These days how would anyone even know it existed much less find it. Rod Serling had the ability to see long and deep. This is still so relevant.

[@Rosalinda7seven7]

Thank you so much! It wasn’t until Peter Sellars showed up that I remembered I once saw this long ago. Blessings to all!

[@rainingmoon7]

so glad I found this, I had no idea Rod Serling produced this, It is great, and very on point with today's issues.

[@Still_Waters99]

What a masterpiece. Such great acting and writing and direction.

[@fritziepisarski8681]

I’ve seen every “Christmas Carol” but never this one. This is a treat just in time for the holidays. We all need to be aware of what might happen. Thank you for digging this out of the archives.

[@kfoster3616]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4i4npyer5V5bK8 A new one

[@debraseiber8820]

72 years old seening this for the first time

[@LS-ei7xk]

@@debraseiber8820 Same here (same with age, also). Perhaps it was too political for network TV in 1964?

[@christmas10023]

What's the 'treat' part?

[@TheDoctor1225]

@@christmas10023 Being able to ignore people like you. That's always a treat because trolls are dull.

[@retiredsquad7716]

I'm surprised only 335 people have seen this, a lot more people should have. I thought I'd seen all of Rod Sterling work. A lot more people should watch this movie no matter which language they speak and take heed to the warnings.

[@patrickjwhited6567]

I just caught this on TMC this morning, wow! A great take on a very old story, and I knew it was Rod Serling from the get.

[@CrystalClearNews]

I must have seen this years ago. Glad to have recovered it, thanks for posting

[@GwendolynStancell]

I DO REMEMBER BITS AND PIECES, NOW 😅 😂 😊 AMEN TO THAT 👍 🙏 🙌 👏 ❤️ ☺️

[@37020660cd]

Prophetic, especially the Me's against the them's in the future scene, kind of chilling when you think about recent events. Rod Serling was definitely on to something.

[@DS-uo5ie]

I think because he was a soldier,also!

[@colinhalliley111]

Rod was liberal and was very upset when Ronald Reagan was elected Governor of California ! Who would think the U.N. could be used for bad in 1964 ? At Halloween we collected for UNICEF ..!

[@teresawright8615]

@@colinhalliley111 Unicef iis just another way to scam money

[@amazingtheatre1262]

@@teresawright8615 haha Are you a Democrat or an Anti-Democrat. Lemme guess!!!

[@samename6479]

@@teresawright8615 you're right...& many others as well. Happy New Year

[@janlloyd6138]

Why is this the first time I ever saw this. It should be on T.V. every Christmas, this is so relevent today. Rod Serling should be given the Saint award for screen writing.

[@roxylewis4358]

Carol for Another Christmas was the first in a series of television specials commissioned by the United Nations with the goal of educating viewers about the mission and work of the UN and thereby gaining more widespread support. (Six specials were originally planned, but only four were produced.) The nonprofit Telsun Foundation was formed to develop the programs, and Xerox agreed to contribute $4 million to underwrite the costs of production and air time, thus allowing the programs to be broadcast without commercial interruption.[6][7]

[@loneyhearts]

Rod, was the most profectic man of his time, His vision has shiwn to spot on. He tried to warn us the dirction we were heading. Very few headed that warning, I saw it as well, i thank God for his vision,

[@barbdouglass2293]

Amazing. So relevant for the world we live in today. I miss Rod Serling. Noticed in the credits that Peter Sellers played The Imperial ME. Absolutely brilliant. Thanks for posting.

[@AnnemieM]

Although not my favorite Christmas Carol, but the best Christmas Carole I have ever seen. You folks need to see it to know what I mean. I highly recommend this movie. Thank you MegaDude for posting this gem. Merry Christmas tp all.

[@loninappleton]

Gratitude for keeping this film going. There's a lot of legend behind it and has been up and down on KZbin. Up is better. It's a rarity: one of a kind. One tidbit on that legend: the portrait of Sterling Hayden's character's son was a sitting by Peter Fonda. You have to look quickly.

[@geovanniinusa5973]

What a thought provoking Christmas movie. Wonderful!

[@IAmJimRetzer]

Thank you for posting the original "uncensored" version. TCM plays a restored version which omits the Henry Mancini Main Title, replacing it with an overlay of the closing generic choir music.

[@taswuf1]

Irony: This originally aired on network TV without commercial interruption. On You Tube there is an ad every 2 minutes.

[@slimpickens3863]

Progress!

[@GwendolynStancell]

ENJOY 😉 ANYWAY 😊HALLELUJAH and AMEN TO THAT 🎉

[@talkaboutwacky]

The Ghost of Christmas’s to come literally brought him to a post apocalyptic nuclear wasteland. Mr Serling was such a good person and humanist

[@Rippypoo]

Very interesting interpretation. So many messages, lessons and warnings that seem as relevant today as ever. Hard to believe I never ran across this before now.

[@josephschauster6277]

a different version of a Chjristmas Carol. very well done! never knew RS did a version of this.

[@jheney19]

WAW what an Amazing film THANK YOU . TO ALL , HAVE A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS AND BE SAFE X

[@barbarabaldwin7120]

EVEN IF YOU ARE MAD OR SAD? LET THIS ONE MIRACLE ALONE!!!

[@lennyboyboxell7279]

A film new to me, but very familiar in it's themes! This should be promoted more, and shown along side it's more well-known cousins! Enjoying it very much! 😎🎹🎷

[@michaelschabow2911]

New to me too! And today is 11/27/22 ! Happy holidays from So. Calif.

[@brendawoods4750]

This is brilliant. Thank you so very much 💕

[@GwendolynStancell]

BRILLIANT 👏

[@eddunn1766]

Definitely not a warm and fuzzy Christmas movie. It is classic Rod Serling writing. The beginning may seem slow but it's necessary to set up the rest of the story which is still chilling in this day and age. Does Sellers character resemble any current politician and current attitudes. What if instead of a nuclear war we substituted a pandemic? It almost makes Rod Serlings story prophetic, almost 60 years after the original broadcast. THANKS SO MUCH FOR POSTING!

[@kfoster3616]

yes they did.

[@cynthianolder3557]

When is a Christmas Carol warm & fuzzy, except when he wakes up & has a big change of heart & personality

[@nedludd7622]

How does nuclear war relate to a pandemic?

[@plasticweapon]

@@nedludd7622it doesn't. this person is just being a spoiled, embarrasing product of their time.

[@beverleyferguson8942]

@@plasticweapon A nuclear war would change the world as we know it. That’s a certainty, but there would still be some survivors. The pandemic also changed the world from what it was 3 years ago. Prices have gone through the roof, world wide. Unemployment is high as a lot of businesses never recovered from the lockdowns. Homelessness is high as there is not the properties to rent, because investors can’t afford the high interest rates. There is still covid around & we will have to learn to live with it. Unfortunately. That’s just my take on the situation. I thought the movie was very good & the “Me” character (Peter Sellers) was very apt in 2024. How many times do you hear someone say. “What about me”

[@robertgignac6715]

This is a very nice change to the other Xmas carol movies so far. When u read that Rod Serling was involved in this, u just got to watch it Thank you, for showing this.

[@Otokichi786]

I (sorta) remembered this Rod Serling special from decades ago. Then I saw it listed on Turner Classic Movies' program guide. And once again, it is/was playing on TCM, to remind us of the world beyond our doorstep.

[@flossygalloway5967]

Wow that was telling Rod must have been a time traveler. Because here we are 60 yr .😮 later.

[@Iamfromthetimebefore]

Some SF writers would have been called prophets, had they lived in the distant past.

[@calvincollins6803]

The king of cameos Peter Sellers is worth the tedious proceedings. ☆☆

[@patricklena9307]

I have been a Twilight Zone junkie from many years the original not the Remake stuff and in all my travels I never knew this existed I shared the link with a friend of mine who has done extensive collecting from the show and he had never heard of it I have now viewed it and I'm pleased to have found a bootleg company with a copy of this I shall obtain it for my collection certainly this was excellent and done in classic Twilight Zone fashion trabian for posting this

[@JG-uu1oj]

because it's not part of The Twilight Zone

[@patricklena9307]

@@JG-uu1oj I am aware of that but you would have thought that even in my Twilight Zone companion would have mentioned this rare gem

[@roxylewis4358]

Carol for Another Christmas was the first in a series of television specials commissioned by the United Nations with the goal of educating viewers about the mission and work of the UN and thereby gaining more widespread support. (Six specials were originally planned, but only four were produced.) The nonprofit Telsun Foundation was formed to develop the programs, and Xerox agreed to contribute $4 million to underwrite the costs of production and air time, thus allowing the programs to be broadcast without commercial interruption.[6][7]

[@thomasskokan2001]

Is it on disc available anywhere ? It is an important work that needs inclusion in our collective consciousness....

[@ivanwashington3186]

@@thomasskokan2001 many boots based on a 16mm print exist, on DVD, and at least one bluray based on a fan copy of a TCM broadcast, with substantially improved video quality.

[@doloresdrury8018]

How did he KNOW?? Sterling was way beyond his time. EXCELLENT!

[@stewiedarkinvisibleid]

Thanks so much for posting this Serling rarity. Serling was truly ahead of his time. Had he not died at the age of 50 in 1975 due to an extreme cigarette smoking habit, boy, just imagine what he would have had to have said about the state of today's world. He would have had a field day. Actually, he likely would have felt ashamed of how society has developed. Anyways, thanks again for posting this brilliant piece of Serling history.

[@thewkovacs316]

never heard of this production never even heard it mentioned in any of the docs about serling interesting to see any portrayal of a character voicing negative comments about ww2 or isolationism during the cold war

[@johnrezleog3575]

I wish they could do a remake of this movie. It is so appropriate to the current times.

[@jackfullerton5762]

there’s one with Henry Winkler from the nineties.

[@ZENmud]

I write as Kyiv enters Day TWO of the Putin War; as a devoted Rod Serling fan, I'm sad to have not found this long ago ~ but it is timely to watch this teleplay tonight. Sterling Hayden is well-chosen and well-rehearsed. Eva Marie Saint 😘 and Peter Sellers! I enjoyed it and will watch again.

[@spartacusall]

Send it to Putin, Biden, Zelenskyy, Modi, and Xi

[@angelachouinard4581]

It's a year later, Christmas Eve. Not a thing has changed, although Ukraine is getting support. We are so determined as a species to destroy each other.

[@pz3j]

Looks very much like Serling was as much of a prophet as anything else. It's profoundly sad that this is how we seem to be turning out. We must weep for our children. It's they, who will pay for our lack of character.

[@plasticweapon]

i weep for myself often because of how i turned out due to my parent's lack of character. i always wonder who i could have been. but i have character, so there's hope that i can make something of that.

[@FarmersAreDummies]

you mean our stupidity

[@spiritofseventysix1155]

@@plasticweapon so begin already...one of the first lack of character is faulting others for one's own lacking in character and another way of saying it take responsibility for your own actions. And there's no changing the past, so need not persist in sulking over the past...and begin by making lemonade from the lemons you feel you've been dealt...believe me, your parents taught you more about character then you might realize, as nature abhors a vacuum...you know what a lack of character is (I don't really think you do) therefore you already more than half way there because you know w hat sloth , lazy, complaining is about, so now how about you take that step to becoming a better individual and yes with character 😉

[@katherinemonk8174]

I always said Rod Sterling predicted the future, up to now he's been right on spot.

[@emsleywyatt3400]

Not a prophet, just a keen observer of the present. Because the future is like the present and like the past in all the ways that matter.

[@katherinemonk8174]

Thanks for sharing, Rod Sterling was a genius.

[@SusanPhillips-qd4ee]

Serling

[@divaden47]

Thank you. All I can say.

[@beausie-woesieherewegoesie2548]

Joseph L. "Citizen Kane" Mankiewicz : A Genius for all Christmases Past, Present and Future!

[@livingabstraction2206]

Thanks a bunch for uploading this This is probably the best quality version I've seen

[@taralynn7712]

Wow....did not know this even existed. Thanks for uploading.

[@WaterShowsProd]

This is extraordinary! I love it!

[@junegomez2325]

It seems to me..whatever we're going through, good or bad,Christmas somehow leaves a sweet stain of warmth on our heart somewhere ...if only for a second 💞💞💞💞💞

[@mikefishhead]

Awesome version of Dickens the Peter Sellers ghost was a perfect look st our society in 2022 December

[@Whipplets77]

A star studded cast. This is a very interesting take on a Christmas carol. We have come so far, No we have not come so very far after all, It is so very now given the state of the world this is very appropriate . Christmas is coming. I wish you all the very very best in the coming year. Happy Christmas

[@morellawalker373]

Just watched this, just brilliant and prophetic!

[@andreshernandez1180]

The Individual MEs are just like Gen Z, the 'me, me, me' generation. I'm impressed, Rod was one of a kind.

[@HarlequinDrFaustus]

Wow. Further proof that Serling was one of the great dramatists. I'd not heard of this one before stumbling across it. Thank you for sharing.

[@patanne3680]

Wow. I found this a few years back. I have seen this before. Rod Sterling was a true genius.

[@sheilahayes6818]

WOW!!!! I never saw this version. Fantastic rendition! Nothing less would've come from Mr. Rod Serling!! Thank you so much for sharing and I will certainly do the same!!

[@jaybennett236]

I knew a WWII vet with PTSD. Symptoms were worse on Christmas Eve and Day. As the U.S. advanced across the Pacific the Japanese moved prisoners of war off islands in ships back to Japan. U. S. troops were crammed into the holds so crowded they had to stand shoulder to shoulder, front to back. No water, food, ventilation or light for days. Many died. Many went insane. And this particular cargo ship was torpedoed by an American submarine and sunk. My friend was one of the survivors. I am sure Serling knew of this incident and many other horrors since he served in the Pacific.

[@sallyruss4574]

Life was so so different back then and you can totally see how society has changed for the worse. I'm 55 and wish I was born in a simpler time when people had respect. There is none now. These movies are a nice escape from reality!

[@douglasbreimann6096]

Today's TV SUCKS!!!! The 40's 50's, 60's 70's were great. No CGI, NO SWEARING. I love to see the cars, culture, and the prices and more importantly, the SCRIPTS were great!! I miss the good old days!!!

[@GwendolynStancell]

BUT, HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE, AGAIN 😊 LET'S TRY TO HOLD ON 😅 😂 ❤ 🎉

[@pamparker4047]

Very relevant today❤❤❤

[@skoyashiki3923]

Unbelievable. Peter Sellers is the modern man's psyche. I always thought he was a genius but this performance was terrifying. Why he didn't win an Oscar will always be a mystery. So many awesome actors in this. I understand, however, why I have never seen this before.

[@sideshowtink]

Serling's brilliance!

[@CatCmdr]

I was nine-years-old the year this came out. I remember parts of it well…the ships…. We watched Twilight Zone as a family every episode. Rod Serling was before his time. Isn’t it sad that after all these decades, “we” still haven’t gotten it? 😢❤❤❤❤ ✌🏼💜

[@GwendolynStancell]

IT'S BEEN A LONG HARD 😪 ROAD, LATELY 😅 😂 HALLELUJAH AND AMEN 🙏

[@timrobinson7373]

This is a different twist on CAROL just started watching it like this very much thanks for posting and a Merry Christmas to all God bless us everyone 😁

[@GwendolynStancell]

THANK YOU, TINY TIM 💖 💓 💗 😘 💕 💛 😊AMEN 🙏

[@marciamullings3787]

Thank you for the movie. I really did enjoy it even though Christmas is over❤🎉😊

[@GwendolynStancell]

COMING FOR 12/25/24, TODAY 12/5/24 😊 ❤ 🎉

[@emilyhughes9102]

The Christmas future segment could be seen as the sequal to Dr. Stranglelove.

[@joeogost]

I saw this movie today for the first time and I aways loved the way Rod would put a spin to his stories. Even when Rod did a war movie in his Twight light zone series. He would always put a twist in the story line and never make it heroic . Maybe because of his time spent In World War 2

[@shirleywhitt8740]

Wow, this is as relevant, no more relevant today than it was in 1964.

[@verasmith4767]

Isn't it. The leader at the end. Remind you of anyone. Rod saw ahead to Trump.

[@paulrelgne2149]

And only a year after President Kennedy's assassination.

[@guilfordcigarman]

@@verasmith4767 The town meeting reminded me of a trump rally.

[@rickyj5547]

@@guilfordcigarman nothing about the useless dems are making a mess of America

[@guilfordcigarman]

@@rickyj5547 Thank you, I agree! Nothing about the Democrats are making a mess. We left wing liberals must stick together!

[@donnapalmeri9573]

NO WORDS'EXCEPT BRILLIANT.

[@thereisonlyonewright3040]

I've changed so much, by God I think I'll have coffee with the help this morning.

[@brendapartin1159]

Christmas of 2021. We ARE becoming the world of ME.

[@paulrelgne2149]

The DS (deep state) made sure, at least the last fifty years, that we became a world of ME's - over feed and undernourished.

[@janeevapauck7774]

I’d never heard of this version, sort of like a Twilight Zone Christmas episode. Thanks for sharing!

[@roxylewis4358]

Carol for Another Christmas was the first in a series of television specials commissioned by the United Nations with the goal of educating viewers about the mission and work of the UN and thereby gaining more widespread support. (Six specials were originally planned, but only four were produced.) The nonprofit Telsun Foundation was formed to develop the programs, and Xerox agreed to contribute $4 million to underwrite the costs of production and air time, thus allowing the programs to be broadcast without commercial interruption.[6][7]

[@lindacope5268]

I remember when this came on TV. It was very popular since Rod Sterling was a popular writer. Sadly mankind still hasn't learned anything.

[@jackfullerton5762]

it doesn’t take into consideration the Arabs yelling Allah Allah Allah Allah instead of me me me me.

[@thomasbrett9323]

…TCM ran this once with a Robert Osborne introduction. R.I.P. Robert Osborne.

[@Otokichi786]

It is/was on Turner Classic Movies again this year.

[@sallykohorst8803]

Great show and merry christmas