Everyone has a Favorite Version of A Christmas Carol
Everyone has their favorite version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", the wonderful story of Ebeneezer Scrooge, the 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 it is based on family tradition. I have quite a few on this lens, and hope you'll let me know if I'm missing any.
Each and every year we have made it a point of watching the 1951 version of A Christmas Carol with Alistair Sim playing the role of Scrooge. Personally, as good as many of the other versions are, and we'll look at as many as we can, none matches this one. Maybe it is due to tradition, maybe it is because the movie was made and introduced the same year that I was born which was only 2 days after Christmas in 1951.
Another thing that I notice about this adaption of the movie is the reference by "the ghost of Christmas Present" to this being the time of year when we celebrate Christ's birth...and the reminder by him that some celebrate this not just one day of the year, but all days of the year
Lets take a look at the influence this single story has had on movies, cartoons, television shows, and look ahead to a wonderful Christmas, trying to watch as many Christmas movies that have a good message behind them as we can.
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Table of Contents
- A Lesson in Family Restoration and Forgiveness
- A Lesson in Good Business Practice
- A Christmas Carol's Historical Context
- NEW in 2009!! A Christmas Carol with JIM CARREY
- Jim Carrey A Christmas Carol Poster Art
- 1935 Full Movie "A Christmas Carol"
- A Muppet Christmas Carol - Part 1
- A Muppet Christmas Carol Poster Art
- Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol
- Items Inspired by A Christmas Carol
- More Adaptions of A Christmas Carol
- Share Your Favorite Version of A Christmas Carol
- My Memories and Nostalgia blog
- Follow Me on Twitter
A Lesson in Family Restoration and Forgiveness
A Christmas Carol, Alistair Sim, 1951 DVD
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A Lesson in Good Business Practice
This scene makes me think of sitting with my father watching the movie. He was rather a stern man himself, secretly I would wish that he, too, could be transformed when I was a little girl, and I loved this part of the movie, because even my father laughed at it...I can hear him now...though he has been gone for years.
A Christmas Carol's Historical Context
This is a description of the movie from Wikipedia of the story by Charles Dickens, a place where anyone can write about anything from their perspective...a lot of great historical information about the conditions in England at the time of the writing, and the life of the author, Charles Dickens. A writer's experience often affects his writing.
A Christmas Carol (sub-titled "In Prose. Being A Ghost Story of Christmas")The first edition title page in its entirety reads: A CHRISTMAS CAROL / IN PROSE. / Being / A Ghost Story of Christmas. / BY / CHARLES DICKENS / WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOHN LEECH. / LONDON / CHAPMAN & HALL, 186, STRAND. / MDCCCXLIII. is a novella by English author Charles Dickens, about a miserly, cold-hearted curmudgeon Ebenezer Scrooge and his holiday conversion and redemption after being visited by four ghosts on Christmas Eve. The book was first published on 19 December 1843 with illustrations by John Leech, and quickly met with commercial success and critical acclaim. The tale has been viewed as an indictment of nineteenth century industrial capitalism and has been credited with returning the holiday to one of merriment and festivity in Britain and America after a period of sobriety and sombreness. A Christmas Carol remains popular, has never been out of print,Douglas-Fairhurst viii and has been adapted to film, opera, and other media.
NEW in 2009!! A Christmas Carol with JIM CARREY
Jim Carreys A Christmas Carol Official Trailer
Charles Dickens' timeless tale of an old miser who must face Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet-to-Come as rein-visioned by Robert Zemeckis and staring Jim Carrey. Coming to theaters in Disney 3D and IMAX 3D
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Jim Carrey A Christmas Carol Poster Art
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1935 Full Movie "A Christmas Carol"
Would You Rather Read "A Christmas Carol"?
A Muppet Christmas Carol - Part 1
The Muppet Christmas Carol - Kermit's 50th Anniversary Edition
A Muppet Christmas Carol - Part 3
A Muppet Christmas Carol Poster Art
Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol
Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol DVD
Items Inspired by A Christmas Carol
These will change as the days go by, as I look now, I see ornaments, a quilt and other things inspired by Charles Dicken's A Christmas Carol.
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Here are more versions of the classic story from Mickey, George C. Scott, Patrick Stewart, Barbie, and Christmas Carol - a Musical. Am I missing any? I'm sure I am! Let me know in a comment, or add them here...only A Christmas Carol movies, animations or cartoons, please. Thanks:-)
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- FloCat FloCat Dec 7, 2009 @ 7:35 pm
- Hi .... this is happynutritionist's sister. (I benefited for years from the help that she gave me to get started with taking herbs and vitamins ... but I digress ... this is about one of my favorite, favorite subjects ... something having to do with Christmas :-) which I absolutely love). My husband and I are somewhat connoisseurs of Christmas Carols and here's our take: By far, our dear Alistaire Sim is the best Ebenezer Scrooge, both as the bad Scrooge and the redeemed Scrooge. But we agree that (and I have to put aside family tradition, I love all of you, but....) Patrick Stewart's Christmas Carol is the best all round version. The Kelsey Grammar Christmas Carol is the best of the musicals and second best all round Carol. Jason Alexander (aka George Costanze from Seinfeld) gives the best Marley hauting with some other ghostly cohorts. The old musical (the one with Albert Finney) is not great, but the best part is the "Thank You Very Much" set, still love seeing old Ebenezer dancing on his own coffin. (We just watch that part.) The Mr. Magoo, an old classic is fun and has one of the sweetest songs about "having the Lord's bright blessing". The Muppet Christmas Carol is cute and fun and has some good fun parts. There was one that was forgotten, it is Rich Little's Christmas Carol and when my husband played it the first time one of our first Christmas's together, I could have sworn I remember watching it with my Dad, back when it was on TV. It has a slight twist on the Carol story and it is funny. Have a blessed Christmas everyone.
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- happynutritionist happynutritionist Dec 7, 2009 @ 8:47 pm
- oooo, thanks sis, you should have been the one making this lens, you guys watch so many movies, you could do all kinds of great reviews using the SquidVid template, or any template you like for that matter. Did you see the 1930's one I have on here?
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- happynutritionist happynutritionist Nov 17, 2009 @ 1:46 pm
- Thanks, everyone, for your comments...the season for watching favorite Christmas movies begins right after Thanksgiving...if not on:-) Have a blessed Christmas season. Appreciate hearing from my readers.
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- dagsmith dagsmith Nov 15, 2009 @ 10:24 pm
- Great lens! 5*****
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- rms rms Nov 4, 2009 @ 9:09 pm
- Great selection of videos about a favorite movie! Nice work!
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- happynutritionist happynutritionist Nov 4, 2009 @ 8:31 pm | in reply to JoyfulPamela
- Thank you, Pamela...your A Christmas Carol Study Unit is exceptional, but I appreciate your kind words. I have lensrolled it and put a link here for you. ~claudia
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- JoyfulPamela JoyfulPamela Nov 4, 2009 @ 7:38 pm
- Oh, Claudia! I love how you have everything displayed! The posters are cool and you found a few more videos than I did. I really like this lens and will feature and lensroll it to mine. My favorite is definately the Alistair Sims version in black and white!
Pamela
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- arncyn arncyn Nov 4, 2009 @ 8:04 am
- A Christmas Carol is my favorite Christmas movie of all time too, who knew there were so many adaptations! Great lens, very informative. 5* (:
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