Christmas Carol, A

American  

noun

1. a story (1843) by Dickens.

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A Christmas Carol Cultural  

1. (1843) A story by Charles Dickens about the spiritual conversion of the miser Ebenezer Scrooge. At first, Scrooge scoffs at the idea of Christmas with a “Bah, humbug!” After the appearance of the ghost of his stingy partner, Jacob Marley, and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, Scrooge reforms and offers help to the crippled boy Tiny Tim, son of Scrooge's clerk, Bob Cratchit.

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Example Sentences

Unlike “A Christmas Carol,” a neatly structured, novella-length morality tale frequently adapted for the stage, including in a solo version currently on Broadway starring Jefferson Mays, “Great Expectations” is an unwieldy interpersonal epic.

From New York Times

ArtsWest will present “Q Brothers Christmas Carol,” a remix of Scrooge’s journey from Chicago’s Q Brothers Collective, whose adaptive work regularly fuses hip-hop and theater.

From Seattle Times

Thus, the latter includes a bolero, a tango, a Christmas carol, a patter song and a waltz.

From Washington Post

In December, CTG canceled its production of “A Christmas Carol” a little more than two weeks into its run, after breakthrough infections were detected in the company.

From Los Angeles Times

Dec. 4-23 ‘A Christmas Carol’ A Noise Within co-artistic director Geoff Elliott reprises his role as Scrooge in L.A.’s longest-running production of the holiday favorite; a Los Angeles Times’ Critic’s Choice.

From Los Angeles Times