A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens - So you Haven't Read
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- Опубліковано 4 вер 2024
- Did you know that the way people celebrate Christmas today is directly influenced by the success of the classic novella by Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol? No? Then pull up a chair and grab a hot chocolate for the Holiday Season as we summon the ghosts literature's past!
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Meh 😑
Thank you for all the wonderful videos you provided to us over the year I look forward to seeing what you do in 2022🙏🏾🥰
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Merry christmas
Merry christmas.
And don't forget to be awesome!
Before this moment I didn’t think I needed Eminem drawn in the extra credits style but I really did and I thank the team for that so much 🤣
Except now I am being haunted by images of anachronistic Victorian rap battles.
The candy?
I guess you can say they've earned some extra credits.
Snap back to reality 🤨
@@adonaiyah2196oop there goes gravity oop there goes rabbity
One thing about Christmas Carol that I think gets misunderstood is that people think Scrooge is greedy. Don’t get me wrong, his sweetheart left him because he came to see gaining wealth as the only pursuit and he absolutely measures everything transactionally but he truly is as is often described “miserly.”
There’s no better showcase of this than when he goes home. Sure, he has a big house but it’s empty, cold, and barely lit. It’s more like a crypt than a home. He eats porridge in his room. He almost doesn’t live any better than the Cratchits even if he could.
This, to me, reveals far more about his character than just casting him like the worst aspects of Scrooge McDuck, swimming in mountains of gold and luxuries. Scrooge is a man who has left any love in his heart behind. He’s miserable and he thinks any kind of happiness or mirth is either a distraction or a self-imposed delusion.
It’s why, again, to me, him going to Fred’s party is the moment his redemption is complete. Because giving alms and everything were true acts of charity but now he had to lay himself at the mercy of his only relative and the only connection he had left to his beloved sister, who he’s treated like crap for years.
But Fred never stopped loving him. Scrooge just needed to accept he could still be loved.
Scrooge is a Puritan, hence his opposition to Christmas.
Scrooge Mcduck is my favorite comic book character
❤❤
He literally barely let his employee have a day off for Christmas, said he didn't need to donate money for starving children because they could go to workhouses, prisons or could simply die and I haven't finished the book yet, but I heard there is a scene in the future where a family celebrates his death because now their debt wont get bigger, so they will be able to pay it off before it gets transferred to somebody else. He is miserable and alone because of what he has done, he dug himself into that pit and Fred loves him way more than he should, because he still tries to give him a chance.
He is mean, but not actively cruel. He's apathetic to the poverty going on around him, but not relishing it. His is the sin of Sloth, not greed.
This is what makes him redeemable. He has the potential to be good so long as he opens his heart and listens. The ghosts show him a reason to care about his world, that his apathy is only adding to the problems of the world.
The target of the story is not the greedy business owners who exploit their workers, but the average people who think that burying their heads in the sand will cause the problems to go away.
Nothing brings Christmass mood like thousands tormented souls screaming in agony across night sky.
There'll be scary ghost stories and tales of the glories of Christmases long, long ago!
I now realize the Muppets rendition of A Christmas Carol is very accurate, and I actually know the whole thing
Despite half the cast being puppets, the Muppets' adaptations are all surprisingly faithful to the source material
Best film adaptation. Scrooges song near the beginning is fucking perfect, with the Marley song being a very close second
It’s also incredibly accurate in the costumes, with multiple items handmade for each human and puppet character-even “extras”
@@MorgenPeschke Which gets weird when they do Jabberwocky.
Not as accurate the 2009 Jim Carrey version. Everything from that film was almost exactly like the book.
Apparently after Dickens gave a reading of a Christmas Carol in the States years later a factory owner closed his factory on Christmas Day and gave his workers a turkey 🦃 each.
Dad was an auto mechanic at a dealership in San Rafael, California. Every Thanksgiving the employees were given a turkey and at Christmas, a ham. When he retired he got a nice watch.
I literally laughed out loud when Zoey was the “terrifying” Christmas ghost.
“Spirit! Why do you not speak?”
“Meow.”
Cats are often associated with great magic and mysterious powers in fiction.
Hard same here! That was a hilarious surprise!♥
Zoey dose run the show from the background if you pay attention to the drawings
This is especially after she was the Yule cat in the previous episode!
I actually HAVE read the book, and here's proof: One scene, which always gets left out of adaptations, had Scrooge finishing off the festivities with the Ghost of Christmas Present at a Twelfth Night party.
i read it ever year. Its so good.
I forget about that part, but it does change some aspects of the story and adds to the whole did it in one night thing
"He's weak and palms sweaty", "Snap back to reality" as well as an animated eminem, three eminem referances I didn't know I needed.
There were more than that
@@515YPHU5 Really? I swore that be all can you tell me when the other referances appeared?
@@Ignorance-is-a-tool I can remember at least one: Charles was eating Spaghetti which was referenced twice while looking at himself in the mirror during the starting of the episode.
And at the begining he said slim shady with an anumated eminem so 5
Awesome job, EC! Keep 'em comin'!
Some suggestions for literary topics:
1) Les Miserables
2) War and Peace
3) The Da Vinci Code
4) Canterbury Tales
5) Dante's Divine Comedy
What? No Hitchikers Guide?
@@ecurewitz I haven't read that one yet (although I do know about the Babel Fish and about how the book has a role in Towel Day, which is acknowledged on May 25).
@@M.E.ANDHistory well, you’re missing out
@@ecurewitz Well, maybe I need to put that novel on my reading list.
The only suggestions they take are via their Patreon.
What a great gift!
My sermon on Christmas Eve this week will start out with reading part of this story!
I am actually asking if anybody had actually read part of this story.
I forgot to mention we are just handing out our last gift baskets to the poor as we speak
A very merry christmas to you and your church, Pastor👍🎄
This is actually stupidly wholesome, as a man of no religion I will cross ideological borders and shake your hand in agreement. Knowledge must be spread across the world.
If youve ever watched Little Drummer Boy or read Leg3nd of the Poinsettias you know that gifts given out of desperation are often the best. Also with Dicken's tale.
You forgot the most important part about Ignorance and Want. The Ghost warns Scrooge to beware more of Ignorance, than Want. Because ignorance, left unchecked, leads to doom.
It was especially poignant when you think of how much suffering (or doom) results because of ignorance, willful or not.
Maybey favorite line from the story, and never used in other Christmas Carol media. After Jacob Marley leaves, Scrooge looks from the window and sees thousands of ghosts similarly situated to Jacob, wailing in the streets. The narrator then gives us this...
"The misery with them all was clearly that they sought to interfere for good in human matters and had lost the power forever"
I think the Jim Carrey version included that scene, as well as the Patrick Stewart version.
Having the EC Crew as the cast of the story is a nice touch to end the year on. Also, I absolutely called who Zoey would play.
I always like that they say "Tiny Tim, who did not die..." in the story
Tim has become immortal?
Ghosts of Christmas look at Amazon management and say “yea, no, they’re beyond saving.”
I have read the book, and as proof here's how Marley convinces Scrooge that he is not an hallucination brought about by his dinner: his jaw drops all the way to the floor.
"If I had my way, every fool who goes about with a Merry Christmas on his lips should be boiled in his own pudding and buried with a stake of holly through his heart."
"Are there no prisons or workhouse?"
@@shadowsingularity
Are there no prisons?
Plenty of prisons, sir.
And the union workhouses, are they still in working order?
They are. I wish I could say they were not.
The Treadmill and the Poor Law are in full vigor then?
Both very busy, sir.
"Behold an unthinkable present."
-Ghosts of Christmas Present and Future, probably
Thank You Very Much for sharing A Christmas Carol! My Dad's favorite part of the book that is rarely adapted is when Christmas Present takes Scrooge to a lighthouse & a boat at sea to show how people outside of London celebrate the holiday.
I have read this story a few times and I have seen several movie adaptations, most of which are awesome. It’s a powerful story about a miser who learns the error of his ways after being visited by three ghosts (though, technically, it was FOUR, if you count Jacob Marley). Definitely worth the read.
"And so, as Tiny Tim observed... God bless us, every one!"
The timing of the book's publishing coincides with a few larger notable events:
Firstly, the mini ice age, which lasted through the early part of the 19th century, which dropped temperatures and made life in Britain harder as a result.
Second was the Poor Law of 1834, a parliamentary act that essentially stated that poor people were poor because of bad financial decisions and incompetence, placing all the blame for poverty on the individual and not circumstances or policy, which removed responsibility from the government.
Third was the industrial revolution, which after the agricultural revolution led to upheavals in society as people flocked to cities and struggled in poor conditions to earn enough to live. As many traditional jobs were automated, and the population was exploding due to various advances, there was a lot of unrest and poverty as British society tried to adapt to the changes it had created.
Fourthly, semi relevant, was the great stink, in which rapid city growth and poor public planning led to terrible hygiene and pollution. This would later be resolved through the creation of the new sewer system, which was so advanced and forward thinking that it is still operating today almost unchanged, with capacity to spare.
Many of these factors would intertwine with the events that would culminate in the crisis of 1848, which nearly saw the British leadership ousted like in Paris, Berlin, and Vienna. There was a lot of poverty, and a lot to draw upon for someone looking for examples of societal issues. It makes sense that A Christmas Carol would ring so true in such a time
Another Christmas staple the novel helped popularise is eating turkey for the main meal. At the end of the book, when Scrooge turns over a new leaf he sends Bob Cratchit and his family a prize turkey, an expensive and rare gift for the time that was just starting to become popular.
When I was a kid my dad ran a lot of plays, and one time he did Christmas Carol, I actually played one of the kids under The Gost of Present's cloak (I was like 4 at the time)
I really hope we get another extra mythology episode for christmas
I love how each of the EC crew is a character in this retelling
I love how, in the art, a store that loves Christmas so much that they change their branding to "Eb-Bean-Eezers Scrooge" are located next to a game store called "Game".
I'm surprised that they didn't note the political messaging in the book too, since theirs a part where churchgoers are voting to stop allowing the poor access to baker' stoves on Christmas out of the sad tale of overworking bakers on what should be their day off.
My favorite movie version is "A Muppet Christmas Carol."
It's one of the most true to the book as well.
Wrong - there were two Marley brothers, not just one: Jacob and Robert. And Scrooge had a bunch of employees, who were very cold but liked to sing and dance and had trouble reaching things in high places.
In the Muppets version that is. A great adaptation..🥰
I just imagine him just giggling to himself while writing the script for this episode.
Still my favourite Dickens book by miles, and each film adaptation is unique but brilliant in its own way.
My favorite adaptation is the 2007 animated movie by Zemeckis
@@gwendalduforum (shudders) That one scares me.
I love the fact that you kept on making references in the script to Eminem’s rap “lose yourself” because that rap is made to literally represent taking the one chance he had to not let it slip, and lose it forever
i dunno why this stuck with me but the little crinkling around the eyes of your Dickens drawing when u draw him smiling just makes me very happy for some reason
I love the way you can tell these stories!
I had to restart the video to see the coffee shop sign and when I noticed the poop log. That last one made me crack up laughing. The ghost of Christmas future was the cutest one of them all.
I’ve only read the Disney remake of a Christmas carol and watched the movie the man who invented Christmas which was about how he wrote a christmas carol
I read it in High School over 50 years ago. Needless to say I became as ignorant of the full story as those who have not read it. Your video has inspired me to read it again. Thank you and Merry Christmas.
When I was a kid my mom read me the Christmas Carol every year! The ghosts scared the crap outta me but I still loved it. Such a great story.💜🎄 (Also Muppets Christmas Carol is the best film adaption✨I will haunt this hill!!✨)
Am I the only one mildly perplexed by the Eminem references? Is there some kind of modern Christmas tradition that involves his music I'm unaware of?
Yeah and he doesn't seem to be the most charitable of people.
I’m guessing the narrator is a fan
I'm glad it helped improve the conditions of many. Merry Christmas
Still the best Christmas story ever told in my opinion. Favorite TV adaptation was the Patrick Stewart version, but Jim Carry did great in the Disney version.
I haven't seen the Patrick Stewart version, but I stand that the best version is A Muppet Christmas Carol.
The weirdest was definitely the short one from Beavis and Butthead.
Happy Holidays to the EC team. Thanks for all the great content.
As an aspiring author, it's stories like this that really inspire me. Six weeks writing in terrible desperation, and Dickens still managed to make a true classic
I don't know what I like better the references to eminem or seeing the ec cast in the story itself cause both were delightful and filled my heart with the christmas spirit
A Christmas Carol staring George C Scott is the best version to watch
4:11 "knees weak and palms sweaty" did charles predict the incredibly popular restaurant of "moms spaghetti"??!?
5:45 op there goes gravity 😹
You guys are awesome for all you do 👍🏽
A Christmas Carol us actually my 5th grade teacher’s favorite book.
I remember the first time I actually read the novel back in middle school.
Up until then, I had only seen film and TV adaptations. They hadn't prepared me for how totally metal the novel is.
I can't think of any adaptation to that point that had included the "Want and Ignorance" scene or showed Marley's jaw falling to his chest when he unwrapped his bandages.
And I've never heard the Ghost of Christmas Present say the line "Oh God! to hear the Insect on the leaf pronouncing on the too much life among his hungry brothers in the dust!" in any film or TV adaptation.
I can't say I was expecting an abundance of Eminem references in a book review of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", but there you are then.
Holy cow, whichever one of you came up with the idea to keep referencing Lose Yourself, I love you. I heard that "snap back to reality" and my heart said "whoops, there goes gravity"
I would like to see an episode on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
read it for year 11 English and each Christmas I now watch the 1970 version of a Christmas carol
One of the details that hardly gets shared but is one that would have cemented Marley's character and Scrooge's horror and the beginnings of his heart melting: was the very sight of what Marley said about never sharing what he might have shared with others in life.
He bade Scrooge look down upon his sidewalk to see ghosts as fetered as Marley was and trying to help people but couldn't because they as ghosts couldn't interact with them.
That is a scene that is as important as Tiny Tim's sister and brother helping him into the next room.
There is only one version of _A Christmas Carol_ I've ever seen show this explicitly.
Is it the Jim Carrey version?
Some years ago, I was gifted a hardback copy from Levenger's from my parents, also read along to Neil Gaiman reading it over the radio.
Merry Christmas to the crew at Extra Credits!
I was just reading this in school a week ago
This story has been following me for quite a while.
In 7th Grade, my class read the script, then were able to go see a live preformence. Noel was stuck in my head for quite a bit after that.
But really stuck with me was when my 3rd Grade teacher read us the *A Christmas Carol* novel. She read us other books, but *A Christmas Carol* stuck with me to this day for some reason as a special moment from when I was tiny.
After this video I'm just impressed how the Disney rendition of a Christmas carol was very accurate 😂
Which one?
Mickey's Christmas party from 1983
Merry Christmas, everybody!
My mother used to make costumes for a ballet company that put on A Christmas Carol every year. I briefly worked backstage as a stagehand, and there's parts of the novel used for narration that I can still recite from memory. Also, a Lot of Ralph Vaughan Williams music is still seared into my brain.
I remember reading it in Middle School. A lot of adaptations don't include a lot of the spooky bits!
Keep up the good work.I am a long time fan and I hope you guys continue to educate me and other on history.P.SYou guys are one of the main reasons I am super into and smart with history.
Nice touch putting in your whole cast into this video. And the Slim Shady references.
Merry Christmas Extra Credits Crew!
My favorite part of Christmas is when the volunteer fire crew I'm on go around the town giving presents to families in need
To those looking to donate this year, I highly encourage you to do so! Just don't give to the Salvation Army. Sadly they are not a good charity, and can be abusive. There are a ton of other charities out there that are great ideas, but just be sure to do your homework first!
building on that, habitat for humanity is a solid choice if anyone reading this does feel like giving. they're pretty cool, and you can always donate your time if you can't afford to contribute money
..."three ghosts that scare the Dickens out of him..."
DAMMIT!
I love this story. My favorite movie/tv version of this story is from 1951 starring Alistair Sims.😊❤
I love that version, too, even though I don’t generally care for holidays (anyone’s) or December. The 1951 version is an almost shot-for-shot remake of one from the 1930s, but the casting, music, sets, lighting, and acting are far better. Alistair Sim is magnificent, and the actor who played the small role of Mrs. Dilbert is genius!
It’s all so well done as to make one consider plagiarism less harshly than one might otherwise.
If you like that version, you should see this animated version directed by Richard Williams from 1971, with Alistair Sim reprising his role as Scrooge. You can actually find it on UA-cam, on a channel called TheThiefArchive, named after his tragic passion project, The Thief and the Cobbler.
4:03 "...Unless he *chain*-ges his greedy ways."
Christmas carol is kinda Terrifying
A very unlikable man literally being stalked tortured and abused by literal demigod esque ghosts
@Leo the British-Filipino Thank you friend! Have an awesome holliday too
I read this to my kids every Christmas....
the Man Who Invented Christmas is a great movie about the writing of the Christmas Carol stellar performance of Christopher Plummer as scrooge
Loved the Eminem joke at the start!
0:26 Interesting reference.
0:32 Bit anachronistic.
0:36 I'm sure that was a different song.
2:30 Now that just looks ridiculous.
4:13 Oh you're still doing this?
5:42 Surely this is the last one?
7:04 Nope, that's another one.
7:14 ...
60 years in the future: **Extra History does a 4 part episode on Meme Culture**
Merry Christmas, Extra Credits!
I’d like to see an episode about Dickens’s trip to America.
I love that your resident historian is the ghost of Christmas Past, that's a cute touch.
Happy Christmas
I don't know if there were more Christmas Carol references, or Eminem references
Ayyyy gotta love the christmas episode :)
I try to read or listen to a reading of "A Christmas Carol" every year at during the holidays. Noting beats the original language.
I love all the cameos in here! Nice to see the whole team!
Edit: I am offended! My dad's spaghetti is much better than my mom's! Though it's the only thing he makes better... Oh, Italians.
after this go watch the alistair sim christmas carol. the acting is SO GOOD!
This was a book a I read, and it is the most pleasant read of Dickens I encountered. A Christmas Carol is one of the few of his works where he was not paid by the word, and it shows compared to say Oliver Twist and Great Expectations. There is little padding in this story.
As always thank you so very much for the video.
Plus joyful greetings of the season.
I have already completed my annual reading of "A Christmas Carol". Am currently listening to (repeatedly) the unabridged audio book (read by Tom Baker). And am in the process of watching my "Christmas Carol" movies with Reginald Owen, Alastair Sim, Albert Finney, George C. Scott, Bill Murray, Patrick Stewart, Jim Carrey in the title role. (I watch Guy Pearce's Scrooge during Halloween.)
Merry Christmas to everyone!
The muppets Christmas carol is the best Christmas movie
“His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy/ There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti.”
If your in England and still in secondary school or older you should now the book of by heart. And if dot you you lucky person.(book choice many change from school to school but vast amount would of do done it.)
I didn’t know I needed an Eminem lyric placed into my favorite history video but here I am.
Even better to play a D&D one-shot of The Christmas Carol.
Martin Chuzzlewit deserves an episode!
~Now this looks like a new EC
So everybody, cliff notes and read...~
"Now he's only got one shot, One opportunity to..." 😂
Merry Christmas to all the women and men behind extra credits.
I loved all the lose your self references