The Man Who Invented Christmas Is Fine-ish Festive Fare

That first trailer for The Man Who Invented Christmas invited a good amount of mocking scorn when it was first released and really, can you blame anyone? Just watch this thing, it seems like a parody of what a prospective biopic drama of Charles Dickens would be like:

The Best Christmas Carol Adaptation Involves None Other Than Mickey Mouse

Here's another exciting entry in this Holiday themed column, 25 Days Of Christmas Pop Culture! From now until Christmas Eve, I'll be tackling one piece of Christmas pop culture! It could be a book, movie, TV special, song....so long as it's festive for this time of the year, it'll be checked out in this daily column!

Is there any other story more utilized in media than A Christmas Carol? Being in the public domain means the Charles Dickens book can be used with ease, and it's characters have such broad personalities its easy to fit any given cast of any show and fit them into the roles of the spirits or Bob Cratchit. My first exposure to the practice of well known characters reenacting this beloved tale is perhaps the best retelling of the story; Mickeys Christmas Carol.