Good Old Scrooge

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Even though everyone agrees that Scrooge was a mean, old man who luckily changed his tune at Christmas, his story is read and looked at Christmas year after year. The author Charles Dickens wrote this classic story “A Christmas Carol,” and it was published on December 17, 1843. By now most everyone knows this story set in Victorian England that begins with reminding us of the death of Scrooge’s friend Jacob Marley. Afterwards we see how the mean and miserly Scrooge gets the chance to change his life around when three ghosts visit him on Christmas Eve. Then along came Hollywood, and now there are many different versions of this story for you to choose and enjoy. The oldest of the Scrooge films is from 1910, a silent Thomas Edison film “A Christmas Carol.” 1938 – “A Christmas Carol” starring Reginald Owen as Ebenezer Scrooge. 1951 – “A Christmas Carol” starring Alistair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge is my all time favorite. 1984—Another version starring George C. Scott. 1999 – Starring Patrick Stewart. 2009—An animated version starring Jim Carrey. There is also a musical version, which I enjoy a lot. The movie is titled “Scrooge” and stars Albert Finney. It includes lots of music and song. Finally Bill Murray got into the action in 1988 when he came out with a completely different kind of version called “Scrooged.” If you don’t get tired of this story, you can take a look at all of the versions and choose your favorite. How many of you have seen at least one of these movies? What always tickles me pink is this scene from “Scrooge,” the musical, where Scrooge is shown things to come by the Ghost of Christmas Future, and he does not realize that he is the man in the coffin.