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Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol


Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol is a 1962 animated musical holiday television special produced by UPA. It is an adaptation of "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, featuring UPA's character Mr. Magoo as Ebenezer Scrooge. The special first aired on December 18, 1962 on NBC and was the first animated Christmas special to be produced specifically for television. Jim Backus provides the voice of Magoo, with additional voices provided by Paul Frees, Morey Amsterdam, Joan Gardner, and Jack Cassidy. The special is directed by Abe Levitow and
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features songs composed by Jule Styne, with lyrics by Bob Merrill. Mr. Magoo is heading to a theater on Broadway, where he is starring as Ebenezer Scrooge in a musical production based on "A Christmas Carol". Due to Magoo's nearsightedness, he arrives thirty minutes late and accidentally injures the director ("It's Great to Be Back on Broadway"). Scrooge is a miserly money lender in Victorian London on Christmas Eve, counting money while his clerk Bob Cratchit is underpaid and has no coal for his fire
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merry Christmas. The special was the first animated Christmas special to be made for American television. It is unusual among Christmas specials for its one-hour length (also shared by the second animated Christmas special, 1964's "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"); beginning with 1965's "A Charlie Brown Christmas", most animated Christmas specials would fill a half-hour time slot. "Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol" was produced by UPA in its last days as an animation studio, following its acquisition by
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new style for the medium. One bright moment in the UPA television era came with "Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol" (1962), which inspired the format of Magoo's next television endeavor, the 1964 series "The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo". "Christmas Carol" captures the spirit of Charles Dickens's 1843 book and is considered a holiday classic, ranking alongside "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!". UPA produced only two full-length feature films in their tenure
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"sane" one of the pair. His resourcefulness often saves Magoo from danger. Still other cartoons featured Tycoon Magoo, voiced by Mel Blanc, and his bumbling assistant Worcestershire. During the UPA television era came "Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol", an abbreviated but largely faithful retelling of Charles Dickens' tale. It was the first ever animated Christmas special made for television and the first hour-long animated TV special and is considered to be a holiday classic of the 1960s, ranking alongside "A Charlie Brown Christmas"
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for television, the first presentation of the teleseries "Hallmark Hall of Fame", and the first Christmas television special to become an annual tradition. The opera was telecast on NBC from 1951 to 1966 with many of the original cast and crew participating. On December 18, 1962, NBC aired the first animated Christmas special created specifically for television, "Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol". Based on Dickens' novelette, "A Christmas Carol", the animated special featured a score by Broadway duo Jule Styne and Bob Merrill
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help nurse Tiny Tim back to health, and shares Christmas together with them ("The Lord's Bright Blessing (Reprise)"). The musical concludes and the audience applauds. Magoo nearsightedly thinks he is bringing the director out on stage, but really he is bringing him backstage as the stage's props fall on him. Magoo proudly exclaims, "Ah, Magoo, you've done it again, and by George, I've brought down the house!" and wishes both his audience and the television audience a
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Henry G. Saperstein. UPA later produced a television series titled "The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo", in which Magoo portrayed other literary characters. The series ended soon after as UPA was unable to mass-produce cartoons for television. The special was rerun on NBC throughout the Christmas season until 1969. NBC aired the special again in 2012, with scenes depicting Magoo in the framing device cut in order to make room for commercials. The CW subsequently acquired the broadcast rights to the special; the original special aired in its
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Gerald McBoing-Boing


during prime time, preceding "The Flintstones" by two seasons. TV specials A character similar to Gerald McBoing-Boing appeared as Tiny Tim in the 1962 TV special "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol", and a bonus feature of the "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol" DVD features Gerald McBoing-Boing being babysat by the clumsy Magoo. The short is titled "Magoo Meets McBoing-Boing". A series based on the original cartoon started airing on Cartoon Network (United States) on August 22, 2005,
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last until 2003's "Campfire Songs". Included with the original release was an insert with the following story: The title is a quote uttered by Mr. Magoo in "Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol". There has been some confusion about the album's track listing. On the original, limited release, the untitled track #3 was not listed along with the other songs. Since the track listing gave no corresponding track numbers to the rest of the songs, it was incorrectly assumed that tracks #3-9 were
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sustain itself. The TV versions of "Mister Magoo" and "Dick Tracy" were not successful and did nothing to reverse the studio's financial decline. In spite of the 1962 animated feature "Gay Purr-ee" (distributed by Warner Bros.), which featured the voices of Judy Garland and Robert Goulet and a Harold Arlen/Yip Harburg song score, and the beloved animated special "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol", UPA was shut down in 1964. The Jay Ward studio, producer of "The Rocky
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Henry G. Saperstein


. Saperstein produced the television special "Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol" (1962), and "The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo" (1964-65) television series which it spawned, as well as the animated feature "Gay Purr-ee" (1962). At UPA Saperstein was approached by marketers looking for theatrical monster films. Saperstein met with the Motion Picture Association of America to find out which company made the most monster films. He was told the most prolific were Hammer Studios in England and Toho Studios
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aspect ratio. A revised reprint of the 1952 book adaptation of "Gerald McBoing-Boing" appeared in 2000 (). A character rather similar to Gerald McBoing Boing appears as Tiny Tim in the 1962 NBC television special "Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol", now as a speaking character. On the 2001 DVD release, an animated short was included that features Mr. Magoo, also a UPA character, babysitting for McBoing Boing. The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show (1956–57) In 1956, CBS created a half-hour
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the night. The Ghost of Christmas Present visits Scrooge and takes him to observe Cratchit and his family, who are counting their blessings despite their poor situation ("The Lord's Bright Blessing"). The Ghost warns Scrooge that Cratchit's young son Tiny Tim, who is sickly, will not survive until next Christmas if things do not change. The Ghost of Christmas Past visits Scrooge next and takes him back to his boyhood, where Scrooge was a lonely schoolboy ("Alone in the World"). The Ghost
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discovers that Tiny Tim has died. The Ghost takes Scrooge to a cemetery and shows him his own grave, revealing that this deceased man is him. Scrooge realizes in anguish that he has spent his life poorly, and repents ("Alone in the World (Reprise)"). Scrooge awakens on Christmas morning with a renewed purpose. He meets the two men from the previous day and makes a generous donation, then anonymously sends Cratchit a Christmas turkey. He later visits Cratchit to give him a raise in pay and
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also shows him Belle, a woman he had a relationship with before she left him due to his desire for money ("Winter Was Warm"). Scrooge encounters the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come and is shown a vision of the future, where an unloved man has recently died. Scrooge sees his belongings being sold to Old Joe, the local rag-and-bone man ("We're Despicable (Plunderer's March)"). Scrooge begs to be shown "tenderness connected with death", but
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Jack Cassidy


1976). He co-starred with Ronnie Schell in a television revival of "Hellzapoppin'". Cassidy also co-starred as a despicable informer in the movie "The Eiger Sanction" with Clint Eastwood and provided the voice of Bob Cratchit for the pioneering animated television special "Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol". His frequent professional persona was that of an urbane, super-confident egotist with a dramatic flair, much in the manner of Broadway actor Frank Fay. Cassidy perfected this character to such an extent that he
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Jane Kean


throughout the 1940s/50s, and the two appeared on Broadway as sisters in the short-lived 1955 musical, "Ankles Aweigh". Jane Kean was the sister-in-law of actor Lew Parker, best known as Lou Marie, the father of Marlo Thomas's character, Ann Marie, on "That Girl". She was also the sister-in-law of Jim Backus, with whom she co-starred in "Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol". Parker and Backus were two of Betty Kean's husbands
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voiced the character Belle in the 1962 television special "Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol", which continues to be shown every year. She was profiled in the 2011 documentary "Troupers", which aired on PBS. Her last film, "Abner, The Invisible Dog", in which she played "Aunt Ida", was completed in 2013. In 2003, she wrote a memoir, "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to The Honeymooners ... I Had a Life". Kean died on November 26, 2013
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written for Boston. He was nominated for the Tony Award eight times, but never won. However, in 1961 he won the New York Drama Critics Award for his work on "Carnival!". Merrill's screenwriting credits include "W. C. Fields and Me" (1976), and the television movies "Portrait of a Showgirl" (1982) and "The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer" (1998). Among Merrill's television credits were two holiday specials, "Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol" (1962
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Jane Kean (April 10, 1923 – November 26, 2013) was an American actress and singer, whose career in show business spanned seven decades and included appearing in nightclubs, on recordings, and in radio, television, Broadway and films. Among her most famous roles were as Trixie Norton on "The Honeymooners" with Jackie Gleason, and as the voice of Belle in the perennial favorite "Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol". Kean and her older sister Betty Kean, formed a comedy duo that worked the nightclub circuit
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and "Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol" (1962). Aside from his work at UPA, Weidman also worked on television shorts for "Crusader Rabbit", "Popeye", and "Fractured Fairy Tales". David Weidman briefly left animation after to focus on silkscreening after becoming frustrated with a group-centered animation process. Weidman developed a blotting process to create original works. In a 2013 interview with "Greater Long Beach", he described how he utilized pictures of objects or blocks of color with "varying degrees
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entirety in 2014, but the NBC version aired the following year. Distribution rights to the special are currently held by NBCUniversal Television Distribution following parent company Comcast's acquisition of DreamWorks Classics, formerly known as ClassicMedia. It has been released on VHS and DVD by DreamWorks and Sony Wonder. Clips from the special were seen on television monitors in "Scrooged". Animal Collective's debut album "Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished" is named for one of Scrooge's lines in the special. The special was parodied
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Person of the Year gala event honoring Streisand. It has been said that "People" was originally written for Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol, but Theodore Taylor's biography of Styne disputes this. Some also find that certain aspects of the song resemble "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen", from Gustav Mahler's Rückert-Lieder (1901). Streisand recorded newly the song in the following studio projects: The song also appears, often in a live version, in other 8 albums: and, as previously released material
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("Ringle, Ringle"). After rudely refusing two men who ask him for a donation to charity, Scrooge reluctantly allows Cratchit to take the holiday off. Scrooge goes home and gets ready for bed, but is visited by the ghost of his business partner Jacob Marley, who has been dead for seven years. Marley is bound in heavy chains due to his misdeeds in life, and warns Scrooge that he risks the same fate unless he heeds the advice of three spirits who will visit him over the course of
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had suggested that she approach cartoon director Ed Levitt for a job at UPA, since he was looking for beginning animators and was also an alumna of Jepson Art Institute. Levitt hired Silvey when he joined UPA, where she first worked in layout, storyboard and character design. Her credits at UPA included "Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol", "1001 Arabian Nights" and "The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show". Silvey moved to Jay Ward Productions in 1959. She worked with Jay Ward on numerous animated cartoons, including
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2014, Underwood performed in "Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol" for the Actors Fund of America's one night only benefit concert; directed by Peter Flynn and musically directed by Emmy Award winner John McDaniel (musician). In November 2015, Underwood landed the musical theatre role of her lifetime as Young Nala in the Disney Theatrical Productions "The Lion King (musical)" created by Julie Taymor. Underwood performed with the Lion King Gazelle North-American Touring Company from January to August 2015 and covered Broadway in the same role
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Saperstein was executive producer to Disney's unsuccessful live-action feature "Mr. Magoo" in 1997. Classic Media/Sony Wonder began issuing the "Mr. Magoo" TV cartoon series on DVD in 2001, beginning with "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol" (the latter which received a Collector's Edition Blu-ray/DVD combo pack in 2010). In 2011, Shout! Factory (with Classic Media) released the "Mr. Magoo: The Television Collection" set which contained all Mr. Magoo television productions (except for
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Carol", produced by UPA, Paul Frees voiced several characters, including Fezziwig, the Charity Man, two of the opportunists who steal from the dead man (Eyepatch Man and Tall Tophat Man) and Mister Magoo's Broadway theatre director. He subsequently provided numerous voices for further cartoons in the series that followed, "The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo". Frees provided the voices of both John Lennon and George Harrison in the 1965 "The Beatles" cartoon series, the narrator, Big D and Fluid Man in the
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Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol in which also the DVD copy from the 2010 Blu-ray release was issued by itself). In 2013, Shout! (with Sony) released the "Mr. Magoo Theatrical Collection" containing all the Mr. Magoo theatrical shorts and the full-length feature "1001 Arabian Nights" (which was also released through Sony's MOD program in December 2011). The set was originally set for release on February 14, 2012 but then delayed to June 19, then December 4, then delayed to
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and order, as well as bonus features. This release has been discontinued and is now out of print. On November 8, 2011, Shout! Factory (under license from Classic Media) released "Mr. Magoo: The Television Collection 1960–1977" on DVD in Region 1. This 11-disc collection contains all episodes from all three Mr. Magoo television series including all 26 episodes of "The Mister Magoo Show", all 26 episodes of "The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo", all 16 episodes of "What's New Mister
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success of the 1962 television special, "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol," a serious remake of the Charles Dickens classic with Magoo playing Ebenezer Scrooge. The series was re-shown in the early 1970s on early Saturday mornings and the early 1980s as part of certain channels' weekday afternoon cartoon blocs. Certain episodes were released on VHS tape, but have since gone out of print. The series was originally shown in prime time, and not as part of an animated bloc for juvenile viewers, therefore certain more mature elements
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entire cast. Brian Lowry of "Variety" called the film "the 37th-best production of 'A Christmas Carol' [he has] ever seen, and the third-best musical version behind Albert Finney in 'Scrooge' and 'Mr. Magoo.'" Lowry had a positive opinion of the visuals and special effects but said the musical numbers "don’t quite measure up to that level." Despite his mixed feelings about the acting of Kelsey Grammer and Jason Alexander, Lowry praised the performances of Jane Krakowski
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Scrooge's later transformation "less impressive and surprising, as we can already see a caring side of the man." Some of the "notable" voice cast members were also noted for their "really poor" work. Daniel W. Kelly of DVD Talk also panned the film's new material put to "attract the attention of children", as well as the animation and the songs, the latter of which were compared with the ones in "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol". Scott G. Mignola of Common Sense Media
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Christmas Carol". 1962 also saw the release of his theatrical feature "Gay Purr-ee", with the voices of Robert Goulet, Judy Garland, and others. By 1965, he was working with Jones at MGM as an animator and a director in the Tom and Jerry series. He co-directed the feature film "The Phantom Tollbooth" with Chuck Jones at MGM. In addition, he worked with UPA on more Mr. Magoo cartoons, including "The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo". He animated on
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small town, in either case deciding that the small town is where they should remain. The settings are usually in the northern United States, or in a mountain area (such as Colorado), where snow (and the ensuing "White Christmas") are used as a backdrop for the film (though the films themselves are often filmed in British Columbia due to favorable film tax benefits). Before 1962, when "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol" premiered, true Christmas specials made for TV were either adaptations of stories
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Animation studio, he also did multiple voice roles for the legendary Tex Avery's films, notably playing every role in "Cellbound" in 1955. From October 1961 through September 1962, Paul Frees provided the voice for the shady lawyer named Judge Oliver Wendell Clutch, a weasel on the animated program "Calvin and the Colonel" starring the voices of Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, the series was an animated television remake of their radio series "Amos 'n Andy". For the 1962 Christmas special "Mister Magoo's Christmas
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A Charlie Brown Christmas


States for several decades afterward. Within the scope of future "Peanuts" specials, it established their style, combining thoughtful themes, jazzy scores, and simple animation. It also, according to author Charles Solomon, established the half-hour animated special as a television tradition, inspiring the creation of numerous others, including "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" (1966) and "Frosty the Snowman" (1969). (Earlier animated specials such as "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol" and "Rudolph the Red
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Christmas Carol". UPA also produced two animated features, "1001 Arabian Nights" and "Gay Purr-ee", and distributed Japanese films from Toho Studios in the 1970s and 1980s. "Gerald McBoing-Boing" (2005–2007) is a more recent television series based on UPA's memorable character and licensed and co-produced by Cookie Jar Entertainment and Classic Media, for Cartoon Network. A French-American reboot television series of "Mr. Magoo", another one of UPA's memorable characters has been announced by
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Henry G. Saperstein


) studio from its co-founder, Stephen Bosustow, in 1960, following the unsuccessful release of the Mr. Magoo feature film "1001 Arabian Nights" (1959). Through his UPA studio, Saperstein curtailed industrial film production and produced the successful "Mister Magoo" television series. He followed it with "The Dick Tracy Show" which brought the popularity of "The Untouchables" TV series to children with a host of tie-in merchandising. Bosustow felt that Saperstein mainly purchased the studio to exploit the merchandising of Magoo
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United Productions of America, better known as UPA, was an American animation studio active from the 1940s through the 1970s. Beginning with industrial and World War II training films, UPA eventually produced theatrical shorts for Columbia Pictures such as the Mr. Magoo series. In 1956, UPA produced a television series for CBS, "The Boing-Boing Show," hosted by Gerald McBoing Boing. In the 1960s, UPA produced syndicated Mr. Magoo and "Dick Tracy" television series and other series and specials, including "Mister Magoo's
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Mr. Magoo


and "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!". The special inspired production of an animated TV series titled "The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo", which placed Magoo as an actor in other well-known stories. After an introduction in Magoo's backstage dressing room, Magoo was depicted in such roles as The Count of Monte Cristo, Merlin in an upbeat retelling of the story of King Arthur, Friar Tuck in "Robin Hood", and Puck in "A Midsummer Night's Dream". In 1970 Mr. Magoo
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A Flintstones Christmas Carol


A Flintstones Christmas Carol (also known as The Flintstones: A Christmas Carol or The Flintstones: in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol) is a 1994 American animated made-for-television film featuring characters from "The Flintstones" franchise, and based on the novel "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. Produced by Hanna-Barbera, it features the voices of Henry Corden, Jean Vander Pyl and Frank Welker. It first aired November 21, 1994 on ABC. The special followed numerous Christmas-themed "The
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Mr. Magoo


, Dylan and Cole Sprouse, and Alyson Stoner. The film is a Mexican–American co-production, produced by Classic Media, Ánima Estudios, and Santo Domingo Films. The film was directed by Andrés Couturier. His most recent appearance was in DreamWorks Animation's "The Boss Baby", where he briefly appears on the cover of a comic book. In the 1960s, UPA turned its attention to television, and began producing the series "Mister Magoo" for the character. Because UPA had shut down its animation
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Twenty Polish Christmas Carols


Twenty Polish Christmas Carols () is a collection of Polish carols arranged for soprano and piano in 1946 by Polish composer Witold Lutosławski (1913–1994) and then orchestrated by him for soprano, female choir and orchestra in 1984–89. The music and lyrics were taken mostly from 19th-century printed sources. "Twenty Polish Christmas Carols" is a composition by Witold Lutosławski. It is based on Christmas carols collected by the composer in 1946 in Poland at the request of the Director of the Polish Music Publishing. In the years leading up
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tradition of popular Christmas songs in the native language developed. Christmas carols in English first appear in a 1426 work of John Awdlay, a Shropshire chaplain, who lists twenty-five "caroles of Cristemas", probably sung by groups of wassailers, who went from house to house. The songs now known specifically as carols were originally communal folk songs sung during celebrations such as "harvest tide" as well as Christmas. It was only later that carols began to be sung in church. Traditionally, carols have often been based
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A Klingon Christmas Carol


A Klingon Christmas Carol is the first play to be performed entirely in Klingon, a constructed language first appearing in the "Star Trek" media franchise. The play is based on the Charles Dickens novella, "A Christmas Carol". "A Klingon Christmas Carol" is the Charles Dickens classic tale of ghosts and redemption, adapted to reflect the Klingon values of courage and honor, and then translated into Klingon, performed with English supertitles. Originally created as a fundraiser for Commedia Beauregard theatre company, it was written in 2007
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Nan's Christmas Carol


Nan's Christmas Carol is a spin-off of "The Catherine Tate Show". The one-off special based on Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" is about Nan visited by three ghosts on Christmas night in her council flat. Jamie comes to visit Nan in her council flat, only to find she's been sitting in the dark with the heating off to save money. She is visited by some carollers (played by Madness) and an old friend who she does the lottery with. This doesn't
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Tokyo International Players


directed by Hamilton Armstrong Mar 1995: "The Tinker's Wedding" & "In the Shadow of the Glen" by John Millington Synge, directed by Geraldine Twilley (studio production) May 1995: "The Foreigner" by Larry Shue, directed by Judy Fisher Sep 1995: "Brighton Beach Memoirs" by Neil Simon, directed by Scott Sullivan Dec 1995: "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, directed by Hank Roberts Feb 1996: "The Amorous Flea" by Jerry Devine, directed by Judy Fisher Apr 1996
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Mister Ed


planned for the Fox network, with Sherman Hemsley as the voice of Mister Ed, David Alan Basche as Wilbur, and Sherilyn Fenn as Carol. In 2012, Waterman Entertainment announced they were developing a new feature film based on "Mister Ed". A race horse named after the character in the television show took part in the 1994 Grand National steeplechase at Aintree, England, but did not complete the course. In 2007, it was reported that a housing developer intended to create a community near Tahlequah, Oklahoma, built
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A Diva's Christmas Carol


A Diva's Christmas Carol is a 2000 VH1-original Christmas television film starring Vanessa L. Williams, Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, Brian McNamara and Kathy Griffin. The film is based on the Charles Dickens classic, "A Christmas Carol", featuring an ego-driven pop singer who gets a reality check by three Christmas spirits. The film premiered on December 13, 2000. Ebony Scrooge (Vanessa Williams) is one of the world's most successful pop singers. However, with her cold-hearted soul and nasty attitude,
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The Muppet Christmas Carol


be too busy looking out for the assorted Muppets to care much." Anthony McGlynn of "Screen Rant" called "The Muppet Christmas Carol" "a work of genius on every level" and "the greatest Christmas movie ever made", praising the original songs that were written for the film and Michael Caine's performance as Scrooge. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, "Muppet Christmas Carol" has a 75% approval rating, based on 44 reviews, with a rating average of 6.5 out of 10.
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An American Christmas Carol


An American Christmas Carol is a 1979 American made-for-television fantasy drama film directed by Eric Till and based on Charles Dickens' 1843 novel a "A Christmas Carol". In Depression-era New England, a miserly businessman named Benedict Slade receives a long-overdue attitude adjustment one Christmas Eve when he is visited by three ghostly figures who resemble three of the people whose possessions Slade had seized to collect on unpaid loans. Assuming the roles of the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future from Charles Dickens
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Barer and Dean Fuller, directed by Jon Reimer Sep 2011: "Metamorphosis" by Steven Berkoff, directed by Davina McFadyen Dec 2011: "A Kabuki Christmas Carol" by Gary Perlman, directed by Jon Reimer (WORLD PREMIERE) Mar 2012: "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller, directed by Ed Gilmartin May 2012: "The Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum, book by John Kane, music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by E.Y. Harburg, directed by Jonah Hagans June 2012; "Intimate Apparel" by
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A Flintstones Christmas Carol


for a day". The special came after three Christmas-themed episodes and specials in "The Flintstones" franchise, namely "Christmas Flintstone" (1964), "A Flintstone Christmas" (1977) and "A Flintstone Family Christmas" (1993). It was produced by Hanna-Barbera and directed by Joanna Romersa. The teleplay was written by Glenn Leopold, based on "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. The music was composed by Steve Bernstein. Jean Vander Pyl returned as the voice of Wilma
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in church omitted the wassailing carols, and the words "hymn" and "carol" were used almost interchangeably. Shortly before, in 1878, the Salvation Army, under Charles Fry, instituted the idea of playing carols at Christmas, using a brass band. Carols can be sung by individual singers, but are also often sung by larger groups, including professionally trained choirs. Most churches have special services at which carols are sung, generally combined with readings from scripture about the birth of Christ; this is often based on
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A Christmas Carol


24 October Dickens invited Leech to work on "A Christmas Carol", and four hand-coloured etchings and four black-and-white wood engravings by the artist accompanied the text. Dickens's hand-written manuscript of the story does not include the sentence in the penultimate paragraph "... and to Tiny Tim, who did "not" die"; this was added later, during the printing process. The central character of "A Christmas Carol" is Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly London-based moneylender, described
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In the Bleak Midwinter


"In the Bleak Midwinter" is a Christmas carol based on a poem by the English poet Christina Rossetti. The poem was published, under the title "A Christmas Carol", in the January 1872 issue of "Scribner's Monthly". The poem first appeared set to music in "The English Hymnal" in 1906 with a setting by Gustav Holst. Harold Darke's anthem setting of 1911 is more complex and was named the best Christmas carol in a poll of some of the world's leading choirmasters and choral experts
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, "Daisy, up and get the empties from Mister Pickwick" (of "The Pickwick Papers"). In reply to Daisy's farewell to him in the tavern, Scrooge mutters, "Humbug," his trademark utterance; Marley's ghost whispers "Ebenezer," as in "A Christmas Carol". Internationally, the series premiered in Australia on BBC First on 7 February 2016, but it was broadcast as 13 45-minute episodes in contrast to the 20 half-hour-long instalments broadcast in the UK.
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An All Dogs Christmas Carol


An All Dogs Christmas Carol is a 1998 animated TV movie which was released direct-to-video in November 1998. To date, it is the final installment in the "All Dogs Go to Heaven" film series and it also serves as the series finale to the . Unlike the first two films, where the main characters are Charlie and Itchy, Carface is the focus of the story. It is based on Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". The film opens with angel puppies talking to Annabelle (Bebe
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A Christmas Carol (1982 film)


A Christmas Carol is an Australian 75-minute made-for-television animated film from Burbank Films Australia; a part of the studio's series of adaptations of Charles Dickens' works made from 1982 through 1985. It was originally broadcast in 1982 through the Australian Nine Network Australia. The film is based on Charles Dickens' classic English story, "A Christmas Carol", first published in 1843, and was adapted by Alexander Buzo. It was produced by Eddy Graham and directed by Jean Tych. Voice talent included Ron Haddrick,
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A Christmas Carol (musical)


A Christmas Carol is a musical with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and book by Mike Ockrent and Lynn Ahrens. The musical is based on Charles Dickens' 1843 novella of the same name. The show was presented annually at New York City's Paramount Theatre in Madison Square Garden from December 1, 1994 to December 27, 2003. "A Christmas Carol" premiered on December 1, 1994. It was performed annually in December at the Paramount Theatre in Madison Square Garden from December 1994 until December 2003
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The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol


The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol is an American computer/traditionally animated short film based on "The Smurfs" comic book series created by the Belgian comics artist Peyo. The animated short was written by Todd Berger and directed by Troy Quane, and it stars the voices of George Lopez, Jack Angel, Melissa Sturm, Fred Armisen, Gary Basaraba, Anton Yelchin and Hank Azaria. The film was produced by Sony Pictures Animation with the animation by Sony Pictures Imageworks and Duck Studios. "The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol"
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Christmas Carol Kauffman


Christmas Carol Kauffman (December 25, 1901 - January 30, 1969) was a Mennonite author of inspirational Christian literature. Kauffman was best known for her semi-biographical novels, and her writings were largely based on the life stories of people she met through the mission work she performed with her husband, pastor Nelson E. Kauffman. She is mother of James Kauffman. Christmas Carol Miller was born on December 25, 1901, in Elkhart, Indiana, to Abraham and Selena Miller, with her name given in honor of her
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I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day


"I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" is a Christmas carol based on the 1863 poem "Christmas Bells" by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The song tells of the narrator's despair, upon hearing Christmas bells during the American Civil War, that "hate is strong and mocks the song of peace on earth, good will to men". The carol concludes with the bells carrying renewed hope for peace among men. In 1861, two years before writing this poem, Longfellow's personal peace was shaken when his
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List of Christmas carols


Halls" (no religious references) and "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" (an Advent chant). Other Christmas songs focus on more secular Christmas themes, such as winter scenes, family gatherings, and Santa Claus ("Jingle Bells", "O Christmas Tree, Home for the Holidays", "Jolly Old St. Nicholas", etc.). The English titles are taken from the "Hymns of Universal Praise" and the "Chinese New Hymnal". The list is based primarily on carols
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List of Christmas carols


This list of Christmas carols is organized by country, language or culture of origin. Originally, a "Christmas carol" referred to a piece of vocal music in carol form whose lyrics centre on the theme of Christmas or the Christmas season. Many traditional Christmas carols focus on the Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus, while others celebrate the Twelve Days of Christmas that range from 25 December to 5 January. As a result, many Christmas Carols can be related to St Stephen's Day (26 December), St John
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A Christmas Carol (Doctor Who)


about writing anything. I was laughing madly as I typed along to Christmas songs in April". Moffat stated that "A Christmas Carol" was "probably [his] favourite Christmas story" and that it lent itself to "Doctor Who", as there was an aspect similar to time travel in the story. He also pointed out that the Doctor intentionally based his reform of Kazran on Charles Dickens' story; Dickens exists as a character in the "Doctor Who" universe, having appeared in the 2005 episode "
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Eric Rogers (composer)


alliance with DePatie and Freleng productions, who were at the time making a number of animated series for children, such as "Return to the Planet of the Apes" and "What's New Mr. Magoo?". He worked for the company for four years, conducting scores for "What's New Mr. Magoo?" and "Pink Panther in a Pink Christmas", and providing scores for "Return to the Planet of the Apes" and "Spider-Woman (TV series)", for which he composed
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A Christmas Carol (miniseries)


A Christmas Carol is an upcoming fantasy miniseries based on the story of the same name by Charles Dickens. It is due to air in December 2019. This marked one of Rutger Hauer's final performances. Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter old man, despises the Christmas holiday. Over the course of Christmas Eve night he is visited by three ghosts to show him his past, present and future. It had been announced in November 2017 that BBC had commissioned a new telling of the Dickens tale, with Steven Knight writing the three
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Scrooged


Scrooged is a 1988 American Christmas comedy film directed by Richard Donner and written by Mitch Glazer and Michael O'Donoghue. Based on the 1843 novella "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, "Scrooged" is a modern retelling that follows Bill Murray as Frank Cross, a cynical and selfish television executive, who is visited by a succession of ghosts on Christmas Eve intent on helping him regain his Christmas spirit. The film also stars Karen Allen, John Forsythe, Bobcat Goldthwait, Carol Kane, Robert Mitchum, Michael J. Pollard and
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We Wish You a Merry Christmas


"We Wish You a Merry Christmas" is a popular English Christmas carol from the West Country of England. The Bristol-based composer, conductor and organist Arthur Warrell is responsible for the popularity of the carol. Warrell arranged the tune for his own University of Bristol Madrigal Singers, and performed it with them in concert on December 6, 1935. That same year, his elaborate four-part arrangement was published by Oxford University Press, under the title "A Merry Christmas: West Country traditional song". Warrell's
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In dulci jubilo


In dulci jubilo (Latin for "In sweet rejoicing") is a traditional Christmas carol. In its original setting, the carol is a macaronic text of German and Latin dating from the Middle Ages. Subsequent translations into English, such as J.M. Neale's arrangement "Good Christian Men, Rejoice" have increased its popularity, and Robert Pearsall's 1837 macaronic translation is a mainstay of the Christmas Nine Lessons and Carols repertoire. J.S. Bach's chorale prelude based on the tune (BWV 729) is also a traditional postlude for
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Past Three O'Clock


"Past Three O'Clock" (or "Past Three A Clock") is a Christmas carol, loosely based on the traditional cry of the city night watchman. The words were written by George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848–1934) to the traditional tune "London Waits". Woodward added lines to the traditional refrain in a style characteristic of his delight in archaic poetry. It was published in "A Cambridge Carol Book: Being Fifty-two Songs for Christmas, Easter and Other Seasons" in 1924. Numerous variations of the carol
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A Christmas Carol (soundtrack)


A Christmas Carol is a soundtrack for the 2009 film of the same name. The music was composed by Alan Silvestri and orchestrated by William Ross (composer), Conrad Pope and John Ashton Thomas. The entire score was conducted by Ross and Silvestri, and was performed by the Hollywood Studio Symphony and a freelance choir. Much of the music was based on actual carols. The album was later issued physically through Intrada Records. The theme song "God Bless Us Everyone" was written by Silvestri and Glen Ballard and performed by
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Christmas carol


A Christmas carol (also called a noël, from the French word meaning "Christmas") is a carol (song or hymn) whose lyrics are on the theme of Christmas, and which is traditionally sung on Christmas itself or during the surrounding holiday season. Christmas carols may be regarded as a subset of the broader category of Christmas music. The first known Christmas hymns may be traced to 4th-century Rome. Latin hymns such as "Veni redemptor gentium", written by Ambrose, Archbishop of Milan, were austere
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List of Christmas carols


and hymns mentioned in the Song Book for the Danish Folk High School. Where possible, a carol title is linked to its (Danish) Wikipedia entry, where the carol can be heard. Otherwise, a carol title has been linked to its entry at the Danish Hymn Book Online. Carolling, i.e. dancing around, is practised - probably unintentionally - in Danish Christmas tradition, when a Christmas party join hands forming a chain around the family Christmas tree and walk, dance or run around the Christmas tree depending on the Christmas
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Alan Zaslove


Mr. Magoo", "A Charlie Brown Christmas", "The Phantom Tollbooth", "CBS Library", "A Chipmunk Christmas", "Freedom 2000", "Fractured Fairy Tales", "George of the Jungle", "Carnival of the Animals", "The Hoober-Bloob Highway", "Tom Thumb", "The Night Before Christmas", "Clerow Wilson and the Miracle of P.S. 14" and "Stanley the Ugly Duckling". Later he did work for Hanna Barbera and Disney
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All Dogs Go to Heaven


-up productions. A theatrical sequel, "All Dogs Go to Heaven 2", a television series, "" and "An All Dogs Christmas Carol", a Christmas television movie based on Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", were made. Don Bluth and his studio had no involvement with any of them, and Burt Reynolds did not reprise his role as Charlie after the first film; he was replaced in the sequel film and television series by Charlie Sheen and Steven Weber, respectively. Charles Nelson Reilly
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Basic Blues Magoos


Nothin' Yet" from their debut album, "Psychedelic Lollipop", reached number five on the "Billboard" Hot 100. While the album exemplified the group's psychedelic sound, the release also saw their record producers, Bob Wyld and Art Polhemus, conceive extravagant marketing ploys to promote the band as a mainstream act. Such attempts spawned the commercially unsuccessful Christmas single, "Jingle Bells", a comic book accompanying "Electric Comic Book" that was meant to entice younger buyers, and garnished the Blues Magoos in flashy "
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Christmas carol


are popular throughout the two countries. Examples of the latter are the Peloponnesian Christmas carol ""Christoúgenna, Prōtoúgenna"" ("Christmas, Firstmas"), the Constantinopolitan Christmas carol ""Kalēn hespéran, árchontes"" ("Good evening, lords"), and the New Year's carol ""Archimēniá ki archichroniá"" ("First of the month, first of the year"). The oldest known carol, commonly referred to as the (Byzantine Greek: Άναρχος θεός καταβέβηκεν, "Ánarkhos Theós
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A Christmas Carol


A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. "A Christmas Carol" recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man. Dickens
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The Magoo Brothers


The Magoo Brothers were an Anglo-German Berlin-based punk-jazz band who toured extensively in Germany and throughout Europe during the late 1980s, playing over 400 concerts. The band was based on the west side of the wall in Berlin, where there was an active alternative music scene through the decade. The Magoo Brothers first official release was the song "At School", on the West Berlin "Sucht" compilation album. In 1988 they released the album "Beyond Believable" on the Bouncing Corporation label. On
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Christmas Carol Kauffman


Christmas Carol remained in Elkhart until her death in 1969. Christmas Carol Kauffman’s writing career began during her studies at Hesston College, when C.F. Yake, one of her professors, asked Christmas Carol to submit a short story to the magazine he served as editor of, the "Youth’s Christian Companion". She would go on to write more than 100 stories for the weekly, and several of her novels were serialized within the Companion before being published. Christmas Carol wrote in longhand, standing up at a table or desk
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Christmas carol


!" appears to be a wassailing song (which is sung during drinking or while requesting ale), but is described in the British Library's Cottonian Collection as a Christmas carol. As recently as 1865, Christmas-related lyrics were adopted for the traditional English folk song Greensleeves, becoming the internationally popular Christmas carol "What Child is This?". Little research has been conducted on carol singing, but one of the few sociological studies of caroling in the early 21st century in Finland determined that the sources of songs are
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Magoo (Australian producer)


Magoo is the professional name of Lachlan Goold, a multi award-winning Australian music producer based in Brisbane, Australia. After working briefly in mechanical engineering, Magoo began in music as a live sound engineer, touring nationally before producing seasoned local Brisbane bands, the Dreamkillers and Pangaea in the early 1990s. By the mid-1990s Magoo had recorded music by Powderfinger, as well as two EPs by Regurgitator. He rose to prominence with his production work of the Regurgitator debut full-length album "Tu-plang", which also
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Church music


, Alleluia or Tract (depending on the time of year), offertory and communion. A carol is a festive song, generally religious but not necessarily connected with church worship, often having a popular character. Today the carol is represented almost exclusively by the Christmas carol, the Advent carol, and to a much lesser extent by the Easter carol. The tradition of Christmas carols goes back as far as the 13th century, although carols were originally communal songs sung during celebrations like harvest tide as well as Christmas. It was
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Alfred Burt


of Christmas" (Capitol T/ST 1260), and six of the Alfred Burt Carols appeared on it: "Caroling, Caroling," "O Hearken Ye," "Jesu Parvule," "The Star Carol," "Come Dear Children," and "This Is Christmas" (the latter also known under the name "Bright, Bright the Holly Berries"). Finally, Cole recorded "Caroling, Caroling" on his 1960 album "The Magic of Christmas" (Capitol W/SW 1444
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through the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. When in May 1660 Charles II restored the Stuarts to the throne, the people of England once again practiced the public singing of Christmas carols as part of the revival of Christmas customs, sanctioned by the king's own celebrations. William Sandys's "Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern" (1833), contained the first appearance in print of many now-classic English carols, and contributed to the mid-Victorian revival of the holiday. Singing carols in church was instituted on Christmas
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Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost


, the filmmakers chose to adapt an already well-known story, in this case "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, in the belief that the audience's familiarity with the story would result in the need for fewer intertitles. It was presented in 'Twelve Tableaux' or scenes. The film contains the first use of intertitles in a film. Evidence suggests that Paul's version of "A Christmas Carol" was based as much on J. C. Buckstone's popular stage adaptation "Scrooge" as on Dickens' original
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Huron Carol


The "Huron Carol" (or "Twas in the Moon of Wintertime") is a Canadian Christmas hymn (Canada's oldest Christmas song), written probably in 1642 by Jean de Brébeuf, a Jesuit missionary at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons in Canada. Brébeuf wrote the lyrics in the native language of the Huron/Wendat people; the song's original Huron title is "Jesous Ahatonhia" (""Jesus, he is born""). The song's melody is based on a traditional French folk
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Christmas carol


introducing something closer to the traditional Christmas carol. In the 13th century, in France, Germany, and particularly, Italy, under the influence of Francis of Assisi a strong tradition of popular Christmas songs in regional native languages developed. Christmas carols in English first appear in a 1426 work of John Awdlay, a Shropshire chaplain, who lists twenty five "caroles of Cristemas", probably sung by groups of 'wassailers', who went from house to house. The songs we know specifically as carols were originally communal songs sung
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A Carol Christmas


, John, who was going to propose marriage to her, and pushed to advance Carol's career in order to bolster herself financially. Carol and the ghost's last stop is Aunt Marla's sparsely-attended funeral. The Ghost of Christmas Present (William Shatner) takes Carol to see how her sister Beth and her assistant Roberta spend this Christmas. Beth reads "A Christmas Carol" to her children. Roberta's festivities are disrupted by a visit by Roberta's ex-husband and Lily's father. He addresses Roberta
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Carol of the Bells


"Carol of the Bells" is a popular Christmas carol, with music by Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych in 1914 and lyrics by Peter J. Wilhousky. The song is based on the Ukrainian folk chant "Shchedryk". Wilhousky's lyrics are under copyright protection (owned by Carl Fischer Music); the music is in the public domain. The music is based on a four-note ostinato. It has been performed in many genres: classical, metal, jazz, country music, rock, and pop. The piece has
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Christmas


such as The Revels, to performers of early medieval and classical music. John Rutter has composed many carols including "All Bells in Paradise", "Angels' Carol", "Candlelight Carol", "Donkey Carol", "Jesus Child", "Shepherd's Pipe Carol" and "Star Carol". A special Christmas family meal is traditionally an important part of the holiday's celebration, and the food that is served varies greatly from country to country. Some regions have special meals for Christmas Eve, such
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Catholic Church in Australia


World Youth Day (WYD08) held in Sydney in 2008. Australian Christmas carols like the "Three Drovers" or "Christmas Day" by John Wheeler and William G. James place the Christmas story in an Australian context of warm, dry Christmas winds and red dust and are popular at Catholic services. As the festival of Christmas falls during the Australian summer, Australians gather in large numbers for traditional open-air evening carol services and concerts in December, such as Carols by Candlelight in Melbourne and Carols in the Domain in Sydney
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A Christmas Carol (1999 film)


A Christmas Carol is a 1999 British-American made-for-television film adaptation of Charles Dickens' famous novel "A Christmas Carol" that was first televised December 5, 1999 on TNT. It was directed by David Jones and stars Patrick Stewart as Ebenezer Scrooge and Richard E. Grant as Bob Cratchit. The film was produced after Patrick Stewart performed a series of successful theatrical readings of "A Christmas Carol" on Broadway and in London. On Christmas Eve in 1843, Ebenezer Scrooge, a surly money-lender at
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Carla's Christmas Carols


Carla's Christmas Carols is an album of Christmas carols arranged by American composer, bandleader and keyboardist Carla Bley with bassist Steve Swallow and the Partyka Brass Quintet recorded in France in 2008 and released on the Watt/ECM label in 2009. The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars and stated "While the argument that there should be a moratorium on Christmas recordings is a good one in the 21st century, "Carla's Christmas Carols" provides a powerful counter to that view. She has added so much to
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The Right to Be Happy


__NOEDITSECTION__ The Right to Be Happy is a 1916 American silent drama directed by Rupert Julian, based on the novel "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. The film stars Rupert Julian and Claire McDowell. The photoplay was produced by the Bluebird Photoplays and released on December 15, 1916, by Universal. The film is a retelling of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". The movie version recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, played by Rupert Julian. Scrooge is an elderly miser and curmudgeon.
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Mario Lanza: Christmas Hymns and Carols/You Do Something to Me


Mario Lanza: Christmas Hymns and Carols/You Do Something To Me is a "twofer" disc released in 2004 by the Collectibles label under licence to BMG. It incorporates two original Mario Lanza RCA Camden compilation LPs: "Christmas Hymns and Carols" and "You Do Something To Me". "Christmas Hymns and Carols" is a collection of carols and other religious songs recorded between 1950 and 1956. In addition to such familiar standards as "Silent Night" and "Away in a Manger," the compilation also
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