Reminiscing

I watched and loved this animation when I lived in England briefly. My mum would fetch me from school then take me back to work, and I'd sit in her office while she was off doing the things she did. It was the only time I was allowed to watch the childrens TV programming on BBC1. The Moomins are Finnish (later revised by the Japanese - I did NOT watch the anime version) and are weird and adorable.

Directly lifted from Wikipedia:
The Moomins (Swedish: Mumintroll) are the central characters in a series of books and a comic strip by Swedish-Finn illustrator and writer Tove Jansson, originally published in Swedish by Schildts in Finland. They are a family of trolls who are white and roundish, with large snouts that make them resemble hippopotamuses. The carefree and adventurous family live in their house in Moominvalley, in the forests of Finland, though in the past their temporary residences have included a lighthouse and a theatre. They have many adventures along with their various friends. In all, nine books were released in the series, with five picture books and a comic strip also written by Jansson being released between 1945 and 1993. The Moomins have since been the basis for numerous television series, films and even a theme park called Moomin World in Naantali, Finland.