Merry Christmas Eve — though, sort of Merry Christmas, to me, because as I got older, my family tended to celebrate on Christmas Eve and then just have a meal on Christmas Day. Presents were Christmas Eve as well.
On Christmas Eve and Christmas there’s really only one thing to watch. IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE? No, that just got popular because it fell into public domain on over-the-air TV a long time ago. I’m talking about SCROOGE: A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1951) with Alistair Sims. That, too, has gone public domain, believe it or not, but it didn’t become popular solely because of that. There are a few other film adaptations of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, including a sort of depressing one with George C. Scott, and one with Albert Finney, but Sims is usually considered the best film Scrooge.
So, for Christmas Eve and Christmas, I give you SCROOGE: A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1951) in its entirety.
Note: DO NOT WATCH THE COLORIZED VERSION OF THIS FILM. COLORIZATION SUCKS. THANK YOU.