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I remember reading and watching multiple versions of movies and animations of A Christmas Carol as a kid.. and always had the same feeling… that ironically, though I like the idea of a time traveler visiting me, I didn’t like to know the future so much in case I have been or will be as bad as Scrooge ever was.
Published in Oct 1843, this Charles Dickens tale begins on Christmas Eve, 7 years after the death of Ebenezer Scrooge’s business partner Jacob Marley. That night, the ghost of Jacob Marley appears before Scrooge and warns him that his soul will be bearing heavy chains for eternity if he does not change his greedy ways, and also predicts that a series of other ghosts will follow.
The first, the Ghost of Christmas Past, takes Scrooge to the scenes of his boyhood and youth which stir the old skinflint’s gentler and tenderer emotions. The second spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Present, takes Scrooge to the home of his nephew Fred to observe his game of Yes and No and to the humble dwelling of his clerk Bob Cratchit to observe his Christmas dinner. The third spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, harrows Scrooge with dire visions of the future if he does not learn and act upon what he has witnessed. The last ghost was the most haunting of the three. It still is to me, sometimes.
In the end, of course, Scrooge becomes a different man, treating his fellow men with kindness, generosity, and compassion, and gaining a reputation as a man who embodies the spirit of Christmas.
This November, A Christmas Carol comes alive at cinemas worldwide and is played by Jim Carrey, Jim Carrey, Jim Carrey.. and many others.
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