They just don't make Christmas special like these anymore.  There was a whole group of ones like this by "Rankin & Bass"..If you see these names, you know you have found a gem of a Christmas animated special.  They also don't air these on t.v. like they used to.  This showed up on ABC Family network on Satellite t.v. the other night, and I got the chance to see it for the first time in ages.