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There are so many televised versions of Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas story, “A Christmas Carol”, that it may not be easy to pick a favorite. Although, I must confess I do have one.

 The 1938 version starring Reginald Owen is probably the most famous- I catch it on PBS every year and it seems to be the version that airs on television the most often.  Then there’s the 1984 version starring George C. Scott, which is hailed by some as the best version ever. Henry Winkler starred in an adaption called “An American Christmas Carol” and then we have the Susan Lucci version called “Ebbie”—she played a modern day, female Scrooge!

Still, I am most drawn to 1951’s version of “A Christmas Carol” starring Alastair Sim. This movie originally came out in black and white, but I even like the colorized version.

 I think Sim gets the character of Scrooge exactly right. Which isn’t exactly an easy feat, in a world with so many Scrooges.

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