A Christmas CarolAs they normally like to say wherever you go in life never forget where you come from, and true to this ideological expression we all tend to move with life and suddenly cut ties with our humble beginnings and for that the statement I have to consent with it as it is fully comprehensible. The reason I bring this statement to the picture with much more emphasize is this old time classic film that used to be the big hit back in the days, and still today is being re-lived when especially are in this festive season. And that title that I have in mind is this one that was artfully crafted by Clive Donner and named it “
A Christmas Carol” .the movie that was produced way back in 1984 was originally inspired by the novel authored by
Charles Dickens on 1893 during the Victorian Era Britain when it was experiencing a nostalgic interest in its forgotten Christmas traditions, and at the time when new customs such as the Christmas tree and greeting cards were being introduced. The tale begins on Christmas Eve seven years after the death of Ebenezer Scrooge's business partner Jacob Marley. Scrooge is established within the first stave as a greedy and stingy businessman who has no place in his life for kindness, compassion, charity, or benevolence. After being warned by Marley's ghost to change his ways, Scrooge is visited by three additional ghosts – each in its turn and each visitation detailed in a separate stave – who accompany him to various scenes with the hope of achieving his transformation.
The first of the spirits, the Ghost of Christmas Past, takes Scrooge to the scenes of his boyhood and youth which stir the old miser's gentle and tender side by reminding him of a time when he was more innocent. The second spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Present, takes Scrooge to several radically differing scenes (a joy-filled market of people buying the makings of Christmas dinner, the family feast of Scrooge's near-impoverished clerk Bob Cratchit, a miner's cottage, and a lighthouse among other sites) in order to evince from the miser a sense of responsibility for his fellow man. The third spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, harrows Scrooge with dire visions of the future if he does not learn and act upon what he has witnessed. Scrooge's own neglected and untended grave is revealed, prompting the miser to aver that he will change his ways in hopes of changing these "shadows of what may be."
In the fifth and final stave, Scrooge awakens Christmas morning with joy and love in his heart, and then spends the day with his nephew's family after anonymously sending a prize turkey to the Cratchit home for Christmas dinner. Scrooge has become a different man overnight, and now treats his fellow men with kindness, generosity, and compassion, gaining a reputation as a man who embodies the spirit of Christmas. The story closes with the narrator confirming the validity, completeness, and permanence of Scrooge's transformation.
If you want to capture the essence of how this film entails, then kindly make reasonable efforts to have this Christmas title before Christmas day so that you can relive and take trip down memory lane by following us through our site at wantitall.co.za and watch it with your entire family as it is the spirit for sharing.
