{"id":10829,"date":"2023-12-20T19:06:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T00:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=10829"},"modified":"2023-12-15T17:07:07","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T22:07:07","slug":"my-favorite-christmas-carol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2023\/12\/20\/my-favorite-christmas-carol\/","title":{"rendered":"My favorite Christmas Carol"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Much like our Halloween watching, our Christmas watching is such that it is getting its own zine at some point in the near (I hope) future. In lieu of a Holidays in the Movies post for Christmas, I just want to spotlight An American Christmas Carol<\/a>.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n

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Henry Winkler plays the stingiest man in town in this version of a Christmas Carol. His name is different; but the beats of his story are the same. Though, perhaps he modernizes the cruelty of Scrooge in a way that makes him seem an even worse person. Which makes his redemption even more effective. The acting in this TV movie is comfortable with a few shining moments. Unique is that, instead of being a specter of death, Dorian Harwood’s ghost of Christmas future walks into the scene with costume, music, and demeanor of someone decades ahead of the story line. This too, makes this interpretation very incisive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Much like our Halloween watching, our Christmas watching is such that it is getting its own zine at some point in the near (I hope) future. In lieu of a Holidays in the Movies post for Christmas, I just want to spotlight An American Christmas Carol. Henry Winkler plays the stingiest man in town in… Continue reading My favorite Christmas Carol<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[257,290,21],"class_list":["post-10829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-christmas","tag-holidays-in-movies","tag-movies"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10450,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2024\/09\/25\/holidays-in-the-movies-calendar-summary\/","url_meta":{"origin":10829,"position":0},"title":"Holidays in the Movies: calendar summary","author":"leems","date":"September 25, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Over the past few years we have been cultivating holiday themed watching to get us in the right frame of mind for every holiday. 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