> In the late 1970s, I first saw an animated version of Charles Dickens'
> "A Christmas Carol" on Saturday morning TV in December. It appeared
> again for a few years in a row in the early or mid 1990s, never to be
> heard from again. The characters are drawn fairly acurately
> proportionally, but move stiffly. Some of the backgrounds were very
> detailed. Jacob Marley is depicted as a skeleton with grey flames
> around his skull. That's about all I can say about it for sure, that
> would distinguish it from other versions. I don't know anything for
> sure about the name of any person who might have been involed, except
> to say again that it is almost certainly NOT the Richard Williams
> version. Except for Marley, I've seen similar characteristics in
> other specials based on classic stories, and have been told these were
> made in Australia. I've also been told "Kenner Classic Tales" is the
> name of the series. If anyone is wondering why I'm asking about this
> at this time of year, it is because I was cleaning out my Amazon
> Wishlist and came across a VHS that I put on there years ago hoping to
> be the movie I've been looking for. I searched the DVD titles and
> found this:
>
>
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00115H5JM/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&coliid...
>
> It says Australia, but gives 1982 as the date. That could be the
> release date for the first home video edition, for all I know. Does
> anybody know if this is what I'm looking for.
