Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol to raise awareness of some of the problems in Victorian society. He thought that many of these problems could be solved if people were kinder to each other.

On Christmas Eve, an old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner, Jacob Marley. The deceased partner was in his lifetime as mean and miserly as Scrooge is now ...

And she has translated that love for language into readings across Canada of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". She began with one reading in 1990, but since then has helped hundreds of ...

How many adaptations of Charles Dickens' Yuletide classic, "A Christmas Carol," have been produced since the book's debut in 1843? It's tough to say, but a Wikipedia article on the subject ...

When Charles Dickens’ novel “A Christmas Carol” was published during Christmas week in 1843, it sold out before Christmas Eve. As a play, it is still a charmer, and Center Repertory Company ...

Jim Carrey played seven roles in this Disney flick, including Scrooge at four stages of life and all three Christmas ghosts!

The 10-day run of the Chaska Valley Family Theatre’s production of “A Christmas Carol” will wrap up Sunday, Dec. 10. With only a handful of shows left to go, the cast and crew are ...

Cradle-rocking as a Christmas tradition has been common in Central Europe since medieval times. This traditional Czech rocking carol was first published in 1920 under the title “Hajej ...

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He despises Christmas, only cares about making money and only grudgingly gives his loyal clerk Bob Cratchit the day off. However on Christmas Eve, he is visited by the ghost of his long-dead ...

Embittered old miser Ebenezer Scrooge learns the true meaning of Christmas from his former business partner and three ghostly spirits who must convince him to change his ways and become more ...