A Christmas Carol has remained popular since publication, and has subsequently been adapted for theatre, opera, television and, ofcourse, motion pictures. The first film adaptation was Scrooge, or, Marley’s Ghost, ashort film produced in London in 1901. It was followed by further shortand feature treatments: at least 20 different direct adaptations between 1908 and 2009, not to mention further related films and parodiesover the decades. Despite a wide variety of Christmas Carol films to choose from, one of the best – and surprisingly most accurate – is Brian Henson’s 1992 film The Muppet Christmas Carol, in which most of the cast are played by puppets.

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