The Chimes

The Chimes

A claymation Christmas story by XYZoo Animation

G 1999 · 23 min · ★ 7.0 · Animation, Drama

A claymation adaptation of "The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In". The Chimes was a short novel by Charles Dickens which was written and published in 1844, one year after A Christmas Carol. It is the second in his series of "Christmas books": five short books with strong social and moral messages that he published during the 1840s.

Directed by Lindsay Van Blerk

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