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#WinterGames #MerryReaders #HolidayMovie I love the Muppets! Although Gonzo seems a little too obsessed with the dead Marleys.

• Another chapter of the tagged book FINISHED today and really enjoying it ? no "Bah humbug" •

#WinterGames #TeamFestivus #holidayread #TBRRead #classics #currentlyreading

Watching Scrooged our team film tonight for #WinterGames #TeamElectricSex I do like this version.
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I finally read this, after a fruitless eleventh-hour search last year and buying it after the fact. What a good story! It‘s more richly told than any movie version I can recall, and while a little wordy (as Dickens is wont to be) still a quick read. I will have to revisit this again some other Christmas time.

To my shame, I have not only never before read A Christmas Carol, but I have never before read Dickens. Somewhat wordy in places, due to writers being paid by the word back on the day, but nevertheless a classic tale, with excellent dialogue, and and prose that conjures up the scenes perfectly.

#WinterGames #HolidayReads #ReadNosedReindeer @StayCurious @Clwojick

I love this exchange between Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Present!

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I watched these two versions of this Christmas classic today. +10 for #HolidayMovie and a bonus 10 for #BookToMovieAdaptation (5 each).

#MerryReaders #WinterGames

#DearDecember Day 12: This version of Dickens‘ Christmas Carol is gorgeously illustrated by Roberto Innocenti with #SnowIceSetting. I contrasted my post with two other versions of the classic tale: the one illustrated by Arthur Rackham and the Steampunk version of Zdenko Basic. See the contrast of the three very different artwork in my full post here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-aR1

Another #wintergames #holidayread done! I hadn‘t read this one in ages and I was reminded of how delightful it is (and how faithful so many movie adaptations are)! May we never get too caught up in the material things to lose sight of the generosity of Christmas. #teamfozziwig
+26 points

I always love rereading this during the Christmas season. This audio version is by far my favorite! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I finally finished putting the last touches on the Christmas tree. ❤️🎄 #AudioDecorating

I‘m watching the 1938 version of A Christmas Carol. Which version is on the bingo card? 🤔

#WinterGames
#TMSkellington
#HolidayMovie

Book 103 of the year. Finished Dec 9, Audio

I always enjoy this one. And it never ceases to amaze me how incredibly well A Muppet Christmas Carol follows the original. It's probably one of the most accurate book to movie adaptations I've seen.

Reread for book club, still so good!!

Our outdoor display case - book page snowflakes, a book hearth and book page wreath. I think it turned out pretty cute!

Nothing like a classic Christmas story to put you in a holiday mood ❤️ I‘ve seen so many variations of this as movies or plays, I can‘t believe I‘ve never read the original story before #WinterGames #TeamFestivus #HolidayRead

The hubs had to go out today but he brought me back a peppermint mocha latte and a muffin. I‘m just going to sit here for a bit and listen to my audiobook while I enjoy it. 😋

Festive episode of Quantum Leap. I love this one especially the star at the end. #WinterGames #TeamElectricSex @Clwojick @StayCurious @LibrarianRyan

A wonderful holiday tradition. Neil Gaiman reads A Christmas Carol at the NYPL, from one of Dickens' own prompt copies. A lovely holiday treat.

https://www.nypl.org/blog/2017/12/18/neil-gaiman-reads-christmas-carol-rebroadca...

My first #holidaymovie of the year is also a family #holidaytraditon - watching Muppet Christmas Carol. Truly my favorite interpretation of Dickens's classic. Funny, large swaths if narration and dialogue straight from the book, and excellent musical numbers.

#WinterGames #MerryReaders @Clwojick @StayCurious

This has been one of my favorites since I first read it in the 4th grade and I do my best to reread it every December and it is always just as magical as I remembered. I have this wonderful copy so now I can explore his other christmasy stories.

Finished the book while the cookies baked, and they‘re a little heavy on the peppermint because the dog knocked into my knees when I was pouring the extract out, but 🤷🏼‍♀️ Oh well. The scent has cleared out my sinuses real quick!

#WinterGames #TeamFestivus @wanderinglynn @Clwojick @StayCurious

20 points for a Christmas read + 1 participation (362 total)

#audiobaking and #holidaytradition Christmas Peppermint Pinwheel Cookies!

My hands make me look like Lady MacBeth right now! 🤣

#WinterGames #TeamFestivus @wanderinglynn @Clwojick @StayCurious

20 points + 1 participation (341 total)

Continuing some holiday #AudioKnitting with a Discworld themed Hogswatch gift for my BFF.

#Knittersoflitsy #dogsoflitsy

I found this in A Christmas Carol I just bought!

#holidayrecipe #wintergames #thefilthyanimals @Clwojick @StayCurious

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#HolidayRead
This copy I checked out at the library still has old style stamped card on the back page. Notice the first stamp is 1972! 😳

No matter how many times I read this story, it still gives me a warm feeling. The prose is a little old fashioned but it does not dull the shine of the story. 5⭐

This is a great audiobook version of A Christmas Carol. I adore Tim Curry!

• Installment 3 of the tagged book finished this morning. What a great way to get in the holiday spirit each day!! Thank you @SerialReader •

#happyholidays #holidayread #AChristmasCarol #CharlesDickens #classics #currentlyreading #dailybits #achapteraday #TeamFestivus

Tim Curry made this amazing! +20 for a #HolidayRead with an additional 5 for #BookToMovieAdaptation and 1 participation point for a total of 26 points! I love this book. #WinterGames #MerryReaders

I went to The Festival of Trees yesterday — one of my fav holiday traditions — and have to share some of the bookish ones. Look at these trees inspired by A Christmas Carol!! 😍

#SharedHolidayTradition #WinterGames #TheFilthyAnimals

I attended a small plate Old English dinner tonight with my mom and saw a rendition of The Christmas Carol put on in my local community theater. They served us in character. It was fabulous! #wintergames #TeamNutcracker and where does this fit a play made from a book? I hope it becomes a #holidaytradition

#tistheseason

And time to read some books while watching Home Alone before I go to bed bc I am a huge multi-tasker (occupational hazard lol)
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Just finished this novella; gave me all the feels 🥰

The hero of the story was inspired by A Christmas Carol‘s Mr. Scroog and the labor union for children and adult labor in London.

Katherine Bone branched out of her pirate and nautical adventures with this Victorian tale; her writing is still marvelous!

Just finished my first #HolidayRead for #WinterGames! This one is also a #TBRRead and has several movie adaptations... #JingleBallers

A Christmas Carol is one of my favorite Christmas movies and a great #holidayread #wintergames #merryreaders @Clwojick @StayCurious

20+5 for the book to movie 😁

When hubby works late, ya girl gets all her Christmas movies in. #holidaymovie #wintergames

Starting the holiday season by seeing this play. I‘ll do my usual holiday reading of it later this month.

It just is not a proper Christmas season until I have a chance to listen to Jim Dale‘s incredible narration of this classic Christmas ghost story. A perfect distraction to end a tough day at the office. I highly recommend this version. I‘ve listened to a couple others over the years and this one is my favorite. 🎄🎄

Green cover and holiday book #wintergames
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#HollyJollyreading @alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620

I read this one every Christmas and love it every time! 🎅🎄⛄

#wintergames #jingleballers #holidayread
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#merryreaders #wintergames #winterReadsBingo #scrooge Easy listening to a holiday classic that never gets old - bah, humbug Ebenezer Scrooge

It's been so long since I've posted! My boys and I are doing the #wintermagicalreadathon so hopefully I'll be a little more active while I post updates throughout the month for that. #currentlyreading A Christmas Carol and Wundersmith with my boys and Winterwood on my own. We're working on our wk 1 prompts, Book Published Before You Were Born & Most Recently Acquired Book
#itsbeginningtolookalotlikechristmas #christmascountdown #christmasreading

• Reading aloud with Logan and Mimi; first chapter complete ❄️? No "Bah Humbug" in this house! •

#WinterGames #TeamFestivus #challenges #classics #CharlesDickens #SerialReader #SerialReaderapp #currentlyreading #happyholidays

My family went all out for December 1st. We had our family Christmas pictures taken, put up our Charlie Brown Christmas tree, decorated Christmas cookies, and finished the day with a viewing of THE BEST adaptation of A Christmas Carol (The Muppets, of course). How did you celebrate the first day of #WinterGames?

#TeamNutcracker
#HolidayMovie #HolidayCrafts
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