Did any of you also love watching The Hobbit cartoon in the 80’s?

I had no idea what The Hobbit was when it was on the tv at another boring Christmas dinner visiting my great-grandparents farm. My poor toys were cold and forlorn back at home. Waiting for us to make the long boring drive across the frozen tundra to arrive just in time for bed. In desperation I sat in front of the tv, at least it was a cartoon and not Hee Haw or Pat Robertson. Every year Grandfather would 'talk to his plate' before we ate, Amen, very religious old man. Ironically considering the pagan influence. I figured the cartoon was a trap, like the other stuff they watched. Designed to teach Biblical morality lessons. I thought the dwarves were a group of elderly Jews, traveling to see King David slay Goliath or watch Jesus get born. It makes it worse now because they look like anti-Semitic stereotypes but it's really terrible character design. After a while I zoned out, it got so weird I had no idea what I was watching. I had to forget this abomination (and Return of the King, I think that was on next, or another Christmas) before I gave the book a chance.