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A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas (commonly known as A Christmas Carol) is a novella by Charles Dickens first publishe on December 19, 1843 with illustrations by John Leech. The story was an instant success, selling over six thousand copies in one week, and the tale has become one of the most popular and enduring Christmas stories of all time.

Trivia about a christmas carol

  • Its author called it "a Ghostly little book... which shall not put my readers out of humour... with the season"
  • Near the end of this novel, the protagonist sends a turkey to the Cratchits
  • "Comin' Uptown" moved this classic tale to Harlem; it starred Gregory Hines as a slumlord named Scrooge
  • Jacob Marley &Tiny Tim
  • Fan,Mr. Fezziwig,Bob Cratchit
  • This classic novel's opening line is "Marley was dead: to begin with"
  • The role of Scrooge is sung by a baritone in this Thea Musgrave opera
  • Charles Dickens ended this story with the line "God bless us, every one!"
  • Dick Wilkins & Bob Cratchit are characters in this Dickens holiday favorite
  • Patrick Stewart wrote & starred in a one-man show based on this Dickens Christmas classic
  • "Scrooge" is a festive holiday ballet inspired by this beloved book
  • 1843:"Marley was dead: to begin with"
  • Dickens:"Un chant de noel"
  • "Times Square Angel" by Charles Busch spoofs "It's a Wonderful Life" & also this Dickens holiday classic
  • The Mickey Mouse version of this Dickens classic features Goofy as the ghost of Jacob Marley
  • Even Ebenezer would enjoy "Mr. Scrooge", an opera inspired by this famous story
  • June Lockhart debuted as a Cratchit child in this 1938 film, with her real parents playing Mr. & Mrs. Bob Cratchit
  • "And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless us, every one!"
  • "Holiday Song"
  • Dances, & cake, & mince-pies, & plenty of beer--why, it's party time with the Fezziwigs in this short novel
  • "Bleak House","A Christmas Carol","The Mystery of Edwin Drood"
  • This Dickens work was first published on December 17, 1843
  • Dickens divided this book into staves instead of chapters; Stave IV is called "The Last of the Spirits"

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