Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is the greatest story about Christmas ever written—even better than the one with Mary and Joseph and the manger. The 1843 tale of a miser browbeaten by ...

Wichita Repertory Theatre’s “The Past, a Present Yet to Come” is a look at the making of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.

When I decided to see “A Christmas Carol” at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre, I knew I would ask my father to join me. I didn’t know if he would say yes. Dad and I saw the production a few years back, and I ...

NEW YORK — To hear Philip Palmer, the literary curator at the Morgan Library & Museum tell it, the story behind the writing of "A Christmas Carol" sounds, well, like something out of Charles Dickens.

Do you know what bobtails and wassailing are? We have experts explain the meaning of those weird Christmas carol lyrics. Many of our most popular holiday songs are from the 19th century, when ...

The most illuminating take on Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” in a while is, for the first five minutes, lit by just two small candles. Director Michael Arden’s crackling version, which opened ...

Edward Douglas fell into writing about movies later in life, because he was spending much of his earlier years working in the recording studio with various bands and artists. He's lived in New York ...

Brian Henson, Kermit the Frog, Fozzie Bear and Miss Piggy attend the premiere of "The Muppet Christmas Carol" on December 6, 1992 at the Palladium in New York City. (Getty Images) It’s the most ...

With the holiday season fast approaching, the cast of "A Christmas Carol: The Musical" shared their thoughts on the ...

When Charles Dickens' novel "A Christmas Carol" was published during Christmas week in 1843, it sold out before Christmas Eve. As a play, it is still a charmer, and Center Repertory Company's show at ...

Over the decades, few stories have been as malleable as Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Story. It’s been a Bill Murray comedy, it’s been a Robert Zemeckis CGI fest, and it’s even been a Muppet movie, ...