Bless Us All: The Muppet Christmas Carol

    The Christmas season has started! It is the season of the heart, a special time of caring, the ways of love made clear. It is the season of the Spirit, the message, if we hear it, is make it last all year. Amen to that. Those are words right out of The Muppet Christmas Carol itself. Fun fact: A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens is the story that has been adapted into film the most. Today we're going to look at the Muppet"s version of A Christmas Carol.

     Once upon a time, there lived a harsh moneylender by the name of Ebenezer Scrooge, employer of Bob Cratchit. So greedy for his money, Scrooge pays Bob and the book keepers very little. On the night of Christmas eve, Bob is lucky enough to get the day off for Christmas. When Scrooge goes home on Christmas eve, his is visited by his deceased partners, Jacob and Robert Marley. They are burdened with heavy chains forged by their evil deeds in life. They warn Scrooge that the same thing will happen to him if he doesn't change his ways, and that he will be visited by three ghosts, or spirits, that night. After the spirits show Scrooge his past, present, and future, will Scrooge change for the better, or end up like the Marleys?

      This version of A Christmas Carol is aimed more at kids, since other versions might seem a little frightening. When that's the case, the film is liable to be less accurate to the novel. Let's face it: Film adaptations of a book shouldn't be expected to be 100% accurate. It would take too much time trying to make sure the film contains every single detail. 

       Of all versions of A Christmas Carol, this version of Scrooge's transformation of bad to good is one of the most beautiful. Especially when Tiny Tim and his family sing Bless Us All. Scrooge sees that even though he pays Bob very little, they are not always bitter. He also sees how sick Tim is, mainly the fact that Scrooge could have been helping them more. In this way, I believe that the story could be teaching that we don't know what is happening in another person's life. Be good to them, love them. 






    Is it possible for someone to be as bad as Scrooge? What do you think? Possibly, because so many people are unfortunately prone to not caring. They can became so wrapped in their greedy and miserable attitude that they can lose it within themselves to care for others. That's what happened to Scrooge. Even though I've never met anybody quite like Scrooge, I hope nobody becomes unhappy enough to be like Scrooge. 

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