We’re going to tell you where you can watch the best adaptations of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol this holiday season.
This year marks the 180th anniversary of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, which is one of the most famous Christmas stories ever written. Since its first publication in 1843, readers have constantly revisited the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, a joyless old man who loves only money. One year, on a magical Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his late business partner, Jacob Marley, as well as the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future (aka the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come).
A Christmas Carol is a morality tale that forces Scrooge to come to terms with the mistakes he’s made in life, while giving him one last chance to turn his life around and make new choices. Hollywood has embraced this redemptive story with numerous adaptations over the years. For this Christmas season, we’re going to tell you where you can watch six of the most famous adaptations of A Christmas Carol.A Christmas Carol (1951)
This is not the first film version of A Christmas Carol, but it is one of the most famous versions. It’s a British film that was called Scrooge in the U.K before it was retitled for the U.S. Alastair Sim headlined the cast as Ebenezer Scrooge in this film, which has been rerun for decades on television. It’s also the only version on this list that you can watch for free.
