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 . Directed by robert zemeckis with jim carrey gary oldman colin firth steve valentine an animated retelling of charles dickens classic novel about a victorian era miser taken on a journey of self redemption courtesy of several mysterious christmas apparitions. There was a boy singing a christmas carol at my door last night i should like to have given him something thats all the ghost smiled thoughtfully and waved its hand saying as it did so let us see another christmas scrooges former self grew larger at the words and the room became a little darker and more dirty . Directed by brian desmond hurst with alastair sim jack warner kathleen harrison mervyn johns ebenezer scrooge a curmudgeonly miserly businessman has no time for sentimentality and largely views christmas as a waste of time however this christmas eve he will be visited by three spirits who will show him the errors of his ways. A christmas carol is a 2019 british dark fantasy drama based on the 1843 novella of the same name by charles dickensit began airing on bbc one in the uk on 22 december 2019 and concluded two days later on 24 december 2019 it also later aired in the us on fx networks on 19 december 2019 lasting for three nights with each episode part also later airing encore presentations of the