Author is a successful screenwriter, who has written shorts for the Smurfs and Kung Fu Panda The history of the gun is all true!

The Smurfs present their unique take on Charles Dickens' celebrated Christmas story 'A Christmas Carol' in this children's animation. Grouchy Smurf (voice of George Lopez) is very much a natural as a stand-in for Ebenezer Scrooge, the figure who hates the joy and merriment the festive period brings. Can a visitation from the Smurfs of Christmas Past (Melissa Sturm), Present (Fred Armisen) and Future (Gary Basaraba) change Grouchy's ways in time to stop the dastardly Gargamel (Hank Azaria)'s latest wicked ploy from succeeding?