My Favorite Christmas Movie
I love the Victorian Feel the movie has. I love the theme, the different versions and mostly, the lesson taught in this film. I know for a fact that I am not the only one who feels that way because since Charles Dickens wrote the story, it is has been known to bring the true meaning of Christmas into the lives of many.
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One of my favorite versions..
A Christmas Carol (Ultimate Collector's Edition)(B/W & Color)
Amazon Price: $11.49 (as of 11/26/2009)
Editorial Reviews
This is the desert-island choice of the many versions of A Christmas Carol, with a magnificent, full-bodied portrayal of Ebenezer Scrooge by Alastair Sim that leaves everyone else in the dust. Lean and direct, this film's version of the story wastes no time trying to impress viewers with the magical nature of the spirits' visitations. Director Brian Desmond Hurst keeps the focus on Scrooge's life story, beautifully simplifying and underscoring the theme of lost women with a haunting musical refrain from the folk song "Barbara Allen." Sim's commitment to the role is at times astonishing; his Scrooge's Christmas-morning ecstasy is a marvel of giddy technique. Watch for Patrick Macnee (Steed in The Avengers) as the young Jacob Marley--the actor made his screen debut in this 1951 production. --Tom Keogh
A Christmas Carol By: Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol is a Ghost Story of Christmas. It was written by Charles Dickens in 1843. This book became so popular so fast that in the first week it sold over 6,000 copies. Over time A Christmas Carol has become one of the most popular and enduring Christmas stories of all time.Some historians have implied that its popularity played a significant role in redefining the importance of Christmas, bringing forth the "Spirit" of the holiday. Poet Thomas Hood said, "If Christmas, with its ancient and hospitable customs, its social and charitable observances, were in danger of decay, this is the book that would give them a new lease."
I tried to do a search to find out exactly how many different versions of the movie there was, and the closest I could come was fifty five different versions. However on Amazon when I put in to the search engine "A Christmas Carol" it showed 293 different searches? So I am not sure at this moment I would be able to quote a correct number. I know on one search that showed 55 version, there were some not listed that I am personally familiar with; "Ebby" being one of them.
Ebenezer Scrooge a stone hearted man who cares for nothing except for accumulating wealth; has no friends and only a dismissive nephew who is his only living family named Fred and one hard working employee named Bob Cratchit. Scrooge is intolerant of Christmas and is visited on Christmas Eve by a ghost who is his deceased business partner Jacob Marley. Jacob Marley warns Scrooge that he must change his ways or be beset by chains for the rest of eternity.
During that very night, Scrooge is visited by three spirits: Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come. It is during these visitations Scrooge is shown how the past has brought him to this present and if life continues the way it is, how his future could look.
Different Versions of A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol!
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A Christmas Carol
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A Christmas Carol
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A Christmas Carol (2 versions: Colorized & Original Black and White)
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Charles Dickens' The Christmas Carol
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A Quote
"You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of underdone potato. There's more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!"
~ A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens~
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- Nantucket Island's Christmas Stroll
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Charles Dickens Books
The Complete Christmas Books of Charles Dickens
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The Complete Works Of Charles Dickens: Christmas Books
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The Christmas books of Charles Dickens
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Another Quote
"Ghost of the Future," he exclaimed, "I fear you more than any spectre I have seen. But as I know your purpose is to do me good, and as I hope to live to be another man from what I was, I am prepared to bear you company, and do it with a thankful heart. Will you not speak to me?"
~A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens~
Christmas at Zazzle
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WhiteOak50 says:
Oh, I loved the tradition of opening one present Christmas Eve and waiting until Christmas Day to open the rest.
Posted November 02, 2009
CleanerLife says:
My family gathers at my parents' house on Christmas Eve to have fun, and open one present each, then we are all back on Christmas day for a big lunch and to finish opening our presents!
Posted October 31, 2009
TheWhistler says:
Listen to Christmas Old Time Radio either American or British.
Posted October 20, 2009
prosperity66 says:
Celebrate the Christmas Eve, whether alone with my son or with a few members of my family... as for other traditions, we tend to forget about them, especially since two of my young cousins died; the other greatest part of the family living abroad, so there are only a few of us left here.
Posted October 18, 2009
Treasures-By-Brenda says:
Working a Christmas jigsaw puzzle through the holiday season.
Posted October 17, 2009
We do not have any traditions...
Great Quote
"It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good-humour."
~A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens~
A Christmas Carol
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- WhiteOak50 WhiteOak50 Nov 2, 2009 @ 6:36 pm | in reply to Jewelsofawe
- Oh, I put that movie on my Victorian Angel Lens. "Everytime a bell rings means another angel gets their wings!" Love that movie..
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- Jewelsofawe Jewelsofawe Oct 31, 2009 @ 5:03 pm
- Lovely Holiday lens. My favorite Christmas movie is It's A Wonderful Life
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- prosperity66 prosperity66 Oct 18, 2009 @ 7:00 am
- Brenda, I did it! Thanks for the link!
Eva, you did a great job on this lens! It's a wonderful one, and you prove that it's possible to make a splendid lens that focuses on only one topic! I'm amazed by your skills!
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- Treasures-By-Brenda Treasures-By-Brenda Oct 17, 2009 @ 10:00 pm
- A Christmas Carol is one of MY favorite Christmas movies, too and the best one (in my opinion) is Alastair Sim's. I hope you'll visit my new page, Five Classic Christmas Blu-Ray Movies & Specials and vote for your favorite!
I love how this lens flows and how tightly focused it is.
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