# Looking for an old Xmas animation

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-an-old-xmas-animation/519652>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 2, 2009, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-an-old-xmas-animation/519652 "2009-12-02T01:56:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Livardo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/43a26b/32.png) [@Livardo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Livardo)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-an-old-xmas-animation/519652/1 "2009-12-02T01:56:16Z")

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When I was a kid in the 80s as many kids did back then (and today) I hung out at the mall and loitered about the Radio Shack and other stores.

During xmas time to showcase their computers they would play a Christmas animation. The only thing I can remember about it was a model train inside a house, snowing outside a window and a Xmas tree. It lasted about 30 seconds to a minute and it continuously looped. You wouldn’t believe how perplexed I was at this. I knew I wanted a computer right then after watching this cool animation.

Very sparse details but maybe it rings a Xmas bell for somebody.

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**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-an-old-xmas-animation/519652/2 "2009-12-02T19:58:34Z")

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[moderating]  
I think you’ll have better results with this one over in Cafe Society, so I’m moving it over there.  
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