Just testing the waters here, how many of you have read A Christmas Carol?

had it read to me and seen almost every remake of it, my perional fav is between the scoby doo and muppetes ones

arthur D. gonzalez-martin

Yes, I've read it - the only Dickens I've been able to get through.

Steve Harper

I've read the book many times

Charles Allen Gossard

Sure

Dominic Noble

Does an audiobook count as having read the book?

Lovinight

I'll just weigh in on the side of not read so it won't seem so empty there.

I heard a reading of the first chapter......dose that count?

AndrewJacksonBrown

Read it in Middle School.

Serpen Thrope

I have, but I was a child so I don't really remember a lot of it now

I used to read this every December...one stave a week, then stave five on Christmas morning. It started with Dad reading it to us, then I read it to younger siblings (I felt so grown-up, first time I read the end to the whole family), then just Dad and I reading it by ourselves. He probably still does; this is his favorite Christmas story.

I've listened to the audiobook. Most of it was alright, but there were spots I really wanted the text to re-read a few times.

shadowscribble

Only about 6 times.

Buc Reviewer

i think i read this, duo there been so many stage shows, radio plays, movies and the like its kind of hard to remember what was the book or just number of remakes of remakes this book as gotten over the years hell which one were you planning to show?

arthur D. gonzalez-martin

I'm pretty sure every kid whose attended school in the US read it in grade 7

Lizzy Gravelle

I've read it for a college course, but was not particularly impressed. It kinda goes with my utter contempt for most things Dickens has done.

David Perez

I've read it a couple times, much easier than Great Expectations and my favorite adaptation of it is probably the Mickey's Christmas carol. The music gets me every time.

Reo Scrolls

Only parts of it because I used to play one of the characters at the Fezziwigg's Party at The Dickens' Christmas Fair

Amy Poli

I know I read the original at some point, though the version I read the most was basically a short novelization of the Disney movie with Scrooge McDuck.

I read it

Felicia Angel

I've read it!

Tanner Vogelgesang

i have read it.

LS Greger

I have too!

Ray Day

Have you seen Muppets Treasure Island? That was a good adaptation too! The Muppets are the best! :)

Ray Day

I have read it once, back in highschool, though I did listen to an Audible version of it last year near Christmas, with Tim Curry as the narrator.

I have too!

Ray Day

Well, every adaptation makes out that it's not celebrating Christmas that he's doing wrong, while in the book it's just that he's cheap and views all holidays as a waste of time, so I think we can agree that it's often badly adapted :-)

Allan

I have

Allan

So many times. O.o and my favorite adaptation of it is the Muppets' version.

I think I read this in one of my middle school classes but I don't really remember.

Animeguy1101

Have read, but ages ago. And HOLY COW would I love to see a LiA on this!!!!!! :D

Amy Reynolds

Read it. And I saw so many adaptations I lost count. It's worse than Dracula in terms of adaptations. I loved the Blackadder take on this.

I've read it, and would love to see a show about it!

Read this in high school. Would love to see you review an adaptation or two.

I've read the story several times and have long pondered why every TV/film version I've seen has left out the same pieces of plot. Perhaps there are TV/film versions which manage to deliver Dickens' message fully but if so I've not seen them. In the original story Dickens has the Ghost Of Christmas Present make clear that Christmas is something that all of England is sharing bar Scrooge and thus Scrooge is shown to be an outsider. Scrooge may not admit it but he is clearly unnerved by this which is why he fears the arrival of the Ghost Of Christmas Future. What ever TV/film version I've seen completely misses with the arrival of the Ghost Of Christmas Future is that it is not death which Scrooge fears (that would be stupid as Scrooge is too pragmatic to fear the inevitable). No, what hits the High & Mighty Scrooge in his gut and takes his breath away is that nobody cares about his passing, not his fellow businessmen who he sees joking about it, not those who come to prepare him for burial and then loot his room with disparaging remarks about his pathetic possessions. Scrooge didn't care that people didn't love him because being rich and important was enough but he did want to be remembered as a powerful businessman. Instead the the Ghost Of Christmas Future showed him exactly what he had begun to fear, that as soon as he was dead he would be dumped and forgotten like a used up and worthless piece of garbage. That's the core message of Dickens' story, that Scrooge learns he has to give in order to receive, and I've not seen an adaptation which doesn't drop the ball on this.

Kim Huett

I have read it, and seen numerous adaptations.

Kristin I.

Read it and seen tons of adaptations. The Mickey Mouse one is probably my favorite.

I've read it, and like most western English-speakers I've seen more than my fair share of adaptations.

Tim Marsh

Read it. Seen multiple versions of it - though never Patrick Stewart's one man one. And I REALLY want to see it!