A Christmas Carol

Dickens * A Christmas Carol * with Alastair Sim and Other Favorite Adaptions
Everyone has a Favorite Version of A Christmas Carol
Whether it be as old as the 1951 version of "A Christmas Carol" with Alastair Sim which is celebrating it's 60th anniversary, or as new as Disney's 2009 adaption, "A Christmas Carol" with Jim Carrey, everyone has their favorite version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". Many love the wonderful story of Ebeneezer Scrooge, a man who transforms from a grouchy miser to a generous man who "knew how to keep Christmas well". Your favorite version of the movie may depend on many things, for me...

Bah Humbug: Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol Featuring Ebenezer Scrooge
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol-Books, Movies, and Toys
Crotchety old Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens' Victorian classic, "A Christmas Carol", first uttered the popular phrase, "Bah humbug!" These days, holiday haters love to sport all sorts of "Bah Humbug" paraphenalia around Christmas time, but to others, "A Christmas Carol" is a much-loved Christmas classic. In this lens, I gather "A Christmas Carol" books, movies, and toys together on one page for those who love this holiday classic. Photo credit: Amazon

A Christmas Carol
Favorite Christmas Movie ~ A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol has always been my favorite Christmas movie. Every year, I have to watch 3-4 versions of A Christmas Carol. Christmas just isn't Christmas without Ebeneezer Scrooge and his three spirit friends. There have been dozens of films, theatre presentations, animated and cartoon versions of A Christmas Carol . But only a very few meet my approval as my favorite Christmas movie. Let me show you which ones, and tell you why. Image: Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being...

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol - and it's many versions
A Christmas Carol has had many different versions over the years, but they all have the same story line.  The original tale begins on Christmas Eve seven years after the death of Ebenezer Scrooge's business partner Jacob Marley. That night seven years later, the ghost of Jacob Marley appears before Scrooge and warns him that his soul will be bearing heavy chains for eternity if he does not change his greedy ways, and also predicts that a series of other ghosts will follow. Three Christmas...