Dickens * A Christmas Carol * with Alastair Sim and Other Favorite Adaptions

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 it is based on family tradition. Each and every year we have made it a point of watching the 1951 version of A Christmas Carol with Alastair 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 released the same year that I was born which was only 2 days after Christmas in 1951, or maybe because Alastair Sim is Scottish, my heritage.

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, to me, this is what CHRISTmas is all about, so hate to see it left out of any adaption of the movie.

Lets take a look at the influence this single story by Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol, 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.