Thereโ€™s more of gravy than of the grave about you!

A Christmas Carol needs no introduction. Having watched many an adaptation every Christmas, this is the first year Iโ€™ve actually got round to reading the book. Itโ€™s novella length and pretty easy going, so I do recommend picking up a copy over the holidays if you havenโ€™t read it already!

So my favourite adaptation is A Muppet Christmas Carol, of course. I was quite surprised at how faithful the Muppets are to the original. A lot of the dialogue is identical and most the scenes are straight out the book. This meant that I read it thinking of Michael Caine, Kermit and Fozzie and singing the songs in my head. Itโ€™s hard to read the book of such a well-known story; I imagine it would have more of an impact the first time round.

Iโ€™ve got an edition which is a collection of Dickensโ€™ festive writing. I donโ€™t think Iโ€™ll read it all this year but I did get through The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton which has some similar themes. Basically, donโ€™t be a grumpy, selfish bastard at Christmas or youโ€™ll get your comeuppance!

If anyone else was wondering, humbug was originally a slang word for a trick, jest, hoax or deception. This has got me wondering about those mintsโ€ฆ


What’s your favouroute version of A Christmas Carol? Have you read the book yet?