- In The Atlantic (paywalled), columnist Tom Nichols argues that the 1984 film with George C. Scott is the best Carol adaptation. Though I disagree on that, I was touched by the poignant memories connected to the film that he shared.
- In this Arizona Daily Star article, June Lockhart shares a couple of amusing stories from her film debut in the 1938 adaptation.
- Paging Dr. Freud! Madeleine Wood of the University of Essex has a piece in The Conversation about how the story of Scrooge prefigured the work of the legendary psychoanalyst.
- Did Bob Cratchit actually make more than minimum wage? Brandon Lewis investigates the claim in a segment aired by WCNC Charlotte.
- And finally, Morgan Library & Museum literary curator Philip Palmer, actor Jefferson Mays, and others are interviewed in this engaging piece about why A Christmas Carol has been so compelling to so many for 180 years.
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