Christmas 2007A Christmas Carol was first published in 1843 as a novella and
quickly became a perennial holiday favorite. The story of love and
redemption remains one of Charles Dickens’ most widely recognized and
popular creations. On Christmas Eve, penny-pinching Ebenezer Scrooge is
his usual miserly self, chasing off solicitors for the poor,
chastising his sole employee, Bob Cratchit, for wanting to take off
Christmas Day and insulting his nephew Fred for celebrating a holiday
that “has never put a penny in anyone’s pocket.” But that night, Scrooge
is visited by the ghost of his dead partner, who portends the arrival of
three spirits who will show him the desolate path he has chosen and
offer him a chance to correct his ways.