Never Heard of a Christmas Carol

[Lord DragonsWing]

To me this sounds strange. But a co-worker explained to me today that she'd never read or even watched A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Being home schooled she was not taught that in literature. Nor did her family allow them to have TV. Since being out of the house and married for years she still is not familiar with the storyline.

Has anyone else run into something like this? A common and popular story that someone is not familiar with?

It doesn't sound good for home schooling to me.

 

[Guest]

never read or even watched A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

Ditto.

Though I've read several of Dickens' novels.

 

[NoJo]

Ditto. (Also never read any Dickens) I think I know it from numerous spoofs (e.g. Simpsons).


Is it the one with scrooge, and "Ghost of Xmas past", etc?

Loved the film Oliver Twist. I felt a strong affinity with Fagin.

 

[rikaaim]

I never heard or read the entire thing. Only bits and pieces.

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Good God!!!
That's one of my favorite stories, I even used it as a framework for my holiday contest story.

I'm trembling now.

 

[rikaaim]

Good God!!!
That's one of my favorite stories, I even used it as a framework for my holiday contest story.

I'm trembling now.

Perhaps you can do a reciting in Abstrusions for us.

 

[Liar]

Fascinating. I don't think I've ever read the original. But I must have seen a hundred different incarnation of it. I even have is as a Disney comic book.

And I played it on stage. I was Bob.

#L

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Perhaps you can do a reciting in Abstrusions for us.

God bless us everyone!


Liar? was that the all nude version and you were Bob Crotchitch?

 

[Kassiana]

There is at least one Web site which claims to have the full thing available on-line. I can't remember it now, but I've used it to good effect twice against people who were claiming that the poor should just lie down and accept that they're just lazy and stupid.


A good Google or Dogpile search should reveal it.

 

[ABSTRUSE]

There is at least one Web site which claims to have the full thing available on-line. I can't remember it now, but I've used it to good effect twice against people who were claiming that the poor should just lie down and accept that they're just lazy and stupid.


A good Google or Dogpile search should reveal it.

'If they are to die then they should do so and decrease the surplus population"
'

 

[Liar]

God bless us everyone!


Liar? was that the all nude version and you were Bob Crotchitch?

The nude but subtle version. I was Bob Scratchit.

 

[ABSTRUSE]

The nude but subtle version. I was Bob Scratchit.

My mistake.

I'm going to change my name to Mr's Fezziwhig.

 

[Kassiana]

'If they are to die then they should do so and decrease the surplus population"
'

Yep. Used that one and the "Are there no prisons? ... And the Union workhouses? Are they still in operation?" quote.

Yay, someone else who knows Christmas Carol! See, this is going to be a good Yule!

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Yep. Used that one and the "Are there no prisons? ... And the Union workhouses? Are they still in operation?" quote.

Yay, someone else who knows Christmas Carol! See, this is going to be a good Yule!

I've seen every version of it...how can you not love it? I'm glad someone else does too!

 

[cheerful_deviant]

I've seen every version of it...how can you not love it? I'm glad someone else does too!

My personal favorite is the Muppet Christmas Carol.

 

[Guest]

I felt a strong affinity with Fagin.

I knew you hated dogs! (I'd love to see you play Fagin.) P.

 

[rikaaim]

You'll have to excuse my stupidity. I thought you were talking about The Night Before Christmas. That I haven't read or heard all of. Unless you count The Nightmare Before Christmas. That was good too.

 

[R. Richard]

Has anyone else run into something like this? A common and popular story that someone is not familiar with?

It doesn't sound good for home schooling to me.

I used to live in New York City. It was not unusual for me to encounter people in NYC who had slid through the NYC public school system who not only had not read common and popular stories, many of them could not read at all. Thus last may not seem too shocking, but it is a requirement in New York that a high school student pass something call the Regent's Test before graduating. It turns out that a nasty, aggressive parent can get his/her kid a diploma through sheer chutzpah. There are a lot of nasty, aggressive people in NYC.

 

[Virtual_Burlesque]

The following information was previously posted in
The Development of Christmas thread.


The first and best of his (Charles Dickens') Christmas Books, A Christmas Carol
has become a Christmas tradition and easily Dickens' best known book.


http://faculty.gvsu.edu/websterm/Marley.jpg


A Christmas Carol is published in several editions,
as well as being available for reading on-line:


A Christmas Carol

as well as through

Project Gutenberg

So there is no excuse for not reading it.

Not even being too misery -- like Scrooge -- to purchase a copy.

 

[Lord DragonsWing]

My personal favorite is the Muppet Christmas Carol.

Now that's a version I never saw. lol

 

[doormouse]

My personal favorite is the Muppet Christmas Carol.

LOL

That's on here this weekend. Already highlighted in the TV guide.

 

[cheerful_deviant]

LOL

That's on here this weekend. Already highlighted in the TV guide.

I own it.

It's a treasured part of my collection, along with Muppet Treasure Island.

 

[The_Fool]

The copy that I've got is pretty old. I'm going to have to go back and see when it was printed.

I can only stand Dickens in small doses. Very indirect writing style or something...

 

[Kassiana]

Mickey's Christmas Carol rocks all the time, though.

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Mickey's Christmas Carol rocks all the time, though.

No...Scrooge...the one with Albert Finney.