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Charles Dickens’s immortal classic “A Christmas Carol” always pops up at Christmas-time in some form or fashion, whether it be through feature films, TV specials, animation, puppetry, or what have you. And while it has been portrayed on film numerous times in numerous different ways, each version has its own appeal and approach that connects with audiences most favorably. This is a unique dynamic in the movie industry because for one story, you have many different feels and flavors. Having said all that, I have many different versions of this story that I like a lot, however when I saw...

Considered the gold standard for Dicken’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ the film version starring Alastair Sim, released in 1951, was the version played every year in our grammar school when I was a boy. Without VHS, Disc or streaming available, the teacher brought in a small black and white TV, after struggling to get it tuned, we waited until our local station aired the show, and sat in class and watched in complete silence.

I cant remember whats what. Only watch em once a year.

This 1984 version is my personal favorite.

Tis this season! George C. Scott stars in this superb version of Charles Dickens' classic tale of redemption and second chances. In English with Greek subtitles.

Since you ask me what I wish, gentlemen, that is my answer. I don’t make merry myself at Christmas and I can’t afford to make idle people merry. I help to support the establishments I have mentioned: they cost enough: and those who are badly off must go there.” “Many can’t go there; and many would rather die.” “If they would rather die,” said Scrooge, “they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.”

I favorite portrayal of old Scrooge! Full Movie and FREE!

'Tis the season — every year at this time — for the various renderings of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. This year, the current animated version in the cinema — starring a computer-generated Jim Carrey in multiple roles — has won some plaudits for sticking with the spirit of the Dickens original. So it might come as some surprise to learn that when Dickens himself performed A Christmas Carol, he didn't do it as it's written. And during this holiday season, you can see the proof. In a small glass case at the New York Public Library, there sits...

City officials in Michigan change Dickens Christmas Festival to Dickens Holiday Festival ADF attorneys send letter providing information to officials in Mount Pleasant on the constitutionality of using the word “Christmas” for its Dickens festival  MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. — Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund sent a letter Monday to city officials in Mount Pleasant explaining the constitutionality of using the word “Christmas” for its Dickens festival.  City officials changed the name of its Dickens Christmas Festival to “Dickens Holiday Festival” in its advertising materials to be sent to a local school district after the school district enacted a...

Around the holidays, the biggest challenge for many theater companies is convincing audiences to care about yet another staging of "A Christmas Carol." This season in Atlanta, however, Actor's Express wants to stir up buzz about a less familiar property -- namely, a pedophile musical. The Express has already started pushing "Love Jerry," a new tunertuner written and composed by Megan Gogerty that follows the tortured story of Jerry, who develops a sexual relationship with his nephew while trying to stay friends with the boy's father. A delicate, often heart-wrenching piece of theater, the show, which preems Jan. 22 at...

Note: This commentary was delivered by Prison Fellowship President Mark Earley. When you hear the name Charles Dickens, what comes to mind? A Christmas Carol? Sentimental tales of poor but loving families, or helpless orphans saved by wealthy benefactors? All of those impressions are accurate, but there’s a lot more to Dickens than that. In fact, there’s a lot more to this great novelist than even many literary critics have been able to see. Author, editor, and critic Myron Magnet suggests that this is because so many readers and critics bring their own preconceptions to their reading of Dickens (along...

[The Rev. Roberts finished his series on "Christmas Carol Surprises", posted here earlier, part way through as it turns out, and appears now to have completed a new series of postings titled The Man Who Invented Christmas , A Christmas Carol on the Drawing Board , and Why Did Ebenezer Scrooge Change?. I recommend reading it at the source. --sionnsar]

Meridian is pleased to announce new contributors to our magazine from BYU Studies. BYU Studies is the university’s journal of LDS thought and scholarship. BYU Studies is dedicated to the premise that faith is strengthened through the intellectual pursuit of light and truth. Check back regularly to read about the latest LDS scholarship from the journal. To learn more or to subscribe to BYU Studies, go to byustudies.byu.edu Christmas wasn’t always such a massive worldwide phenomenon of merriment and conviviality. It once resembled something closer to a quiet Easter Sunday, with fathers and mothers leading children somberly to a...

The Dangers of Reading - Dickens and the Social Order BreakPoint with Chuck Colson December 28, 2004 Note: This commentary was delivered by Prison Fellowship President Mark Earley. When you hear the name Charles Dickens, what comes to mind? A Christmas Carol? Sentimental tales of poor but loving families, or helpless orphans saved by wealthy benefactors? All of those impressions are accurate, but there’s a lot more to Dickens than that. In fact, there’s a lot more to this great novelist than even many literary critics have been able to see. Author, editor, and critic Myron Magnet suggests that this...

It's Christmas time, and that means it's time to enjoy A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens' melancholy tale of a productive businessman who gets worked over by three meddling supernatural social workers one Christmas Eve, transforming him into a simpering socialist. It's almost as sad as Star Wars, really. A Christmas Carol had someone other than that crypto-commie Dickens written it. So, for your holiday enjoyment, I submit these re-imaginings of A Christmas Carol, as other authors might have depicted it:

Getting away with cultural cleansing...

It was Christmas Eve. Ebenezer Scrooge didn’t care that it was the best holiday of the year. Bob Cratchit worked for Scrooge. Cratchit was very afraid of Scoroge. It took a lot of courage for him to ask Scrooge if he could have Christmas Day off. Scrooge was a mean man. “Christmas!” shouted the miserly Scrooge. “Bah, humbug!” But Scrooge gave Cratchit permission to spend Christmas Day with his family. Cratchit rushed out the door. He didn’t want Scrooge to change his mind. Just then, Scrooge’s nephew Fred stopped to visit. He was a very kind and generous man. Fred...