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15 thoughts on A Christmas Carol

So, if you don't know, I LOVE A Christmas Carol. 

  1. It does not get enough credit for how funny it is
  2. The Muppets version is incredibly good
  3. It is immensely quotable (see my "15 "A Christmas Carol" quotes I am drawn to" blog post)
  4. I love John Leech's illustrations
  5. It seems pretty radical for its time
  6. My understanding is that it used to be the thing to do to tell ghost stories around Christmas
  7. Some parts are incredibly poignant
  8. There are also some really spooky moments
  9. I want to write a stage version of it sometime where the narrator is just someone at a bar
  10. My family tries to read some of it every year (this was helped by me recording myself on YouTube reading it--let me know if you want the links)
  11. It is by far my favorite Dickens (though I admittedly haven't read much of his because I hated Great Expectations)
  12. It is one of my favorite stories
  13. I feel like it leaves some of the fantastical workings to the imagination in a way that really works
  14. I'm so glad it's in the public domain so there can be a million versions of it (and so I can record and post my own version)
  15. I can't wait to read or listen to it again soon

(Prompt by me)

"The Second of The Three Spirits" or "Scrooge's third Visitor" by John Leech, 1843. Scanned image and text by Philip V. Allingham. Digital source.


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