The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol (S)

In this heartwarming short film starring the Smurfs, Charles Dickens's classic holiday tale is reinvented for a new generation. When Grouchy Smurf refuses to celebrate Christmas, he is visited that night by three spirits: the Smurfs of Christmas Past, Present, and Future. Battling Grouchy's bah-humbug attitude, they take the reluctant Smurf on a magical tour of his life and ultimately teach him the true meaning of Christmas. This groundbreaking short is the first Smurf film to use both computer animation and traditional hand-drawn 2D animation. Sony Pictures' Animation's The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol was directed by Troy Quane and produced by Kurt Albrecht.