I first saw this cartoon while I was watching an animated Smurfs Christmas marathon and making Christmas decorations. I looked up at the TV when it started and I don’t think I moved a muscle through the whole cartoon. This is what Christmas means to me, I have it on VHS and I used to force people to watch it. It was nominated both for a Nobel Peace Prize and an Academy Award when it was made in 1939. Can you imagine that happening now?
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Nice cartoon. Great find. Many very nice animation touches, like the heads of the baby squirrels when they’re being rocked at the end. Grandfather’s limp was a great character touch. The human stuff, rotoscoped, was smoothly integrated.
Aside from the technical, I can see how moving it was for you. I’ve never seen it before and found it moving.
Thanks for sharing this!!!