...there was a Rod Serling take on Christmas Carol updated to the Nuclear Future, aired in the 60's...

Ooh! Well, keep your hopes up. Every year, more new restorations of old classics are getting put on DVD -- especially "cult" favorites that wouldn't don't have a wide audience, otherwise.

Speaking of retellings, every year on Christmas afternoon, my local public radio station broadcasts an audio of Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol by Tom Mula, which retells the story from the ghost's point of view. That's fun.