Charles Dickens and the Invention of Christmas 2 320x240 2 00M h 264

Charles Dickens & the Invention of Christmas 2

[@christopherheinig5590]

A Christmas Carol is not a fantasy it's a story of revelation repentance and redemption great documentaries thank you a Merry Christmas to all and to all the BEST !

[@Markstewart20]

and a Merry Christmas to you!

[@Imeraldgyrl]

One of my favorite reads. Such a tragic end for he and his family. Great doc, thanks for posting.

[@annnunley9777]

December 25th is worth pursuing with a contented heart, keep Christmas well

[@Lucailey]

Amen Amen! May it never near extinction again! And let us remember as Tiny Tim says "Who made blind man see and who made crippled men walk."

[@Lucailey]

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[@mufcoasis1610]

best christmas documentary, watch it every year

[@contact3604]

Most enjoyable! Thank you for the download. God bless us, everyone! Moira From England.

[@itkapatanka]

God Bless Us (Griff and Patrick) EVERYONE! thanks!

[@eggmeister7937]

This is banging, having such a good time round these endz of London. Big up my man Christ init x

[@Lucailey]

Did anyone else eat a nice ham on Christmas day? I remember ham on Christmas and turkey on Thanksgiving - but I am from the USA

[@grayb7420]

Canada’s Thanksgiving is October so we still are keen on turkey for Christmas too!

[@anniefinch6843]

I remember this book and it's a famous book.

[@colinp2238]

Griff Rhys-Jones would make a good job of Scrooge. In the first part he says that the Ghosts of Christmas show Scrooge the meaning of Christmas whereas they really teach Scrooge about himself, what he had been and what he had become. Christmas is the backdrop to the story.

[@animerlon]

Thanks muchly for this. Very informative.

[@celesteburley4035]

The 1951 movie version of "A Christmas Carol," called "Scrooge" in the U.S., stars Alastair Sim and was directed by British Director Brian Desmond Hurst. It is an absolute marvel. In this movie, the Ghost of Christmas Present does in fact reveal the two children that he protects--Ignorance and Want. (One of the commenters had said they had never seen this passage of the book presented in any of the movie versions.) Also, as I heard in another historical account, Dickens father was at one point sent to a Debtors' prison and Dickens, as a teenager (14-16?), was forced to work in a workhouse that produced shoe polish to help work off his father's debt. Even after his father was finally released, Dickens' mother would not let Charles stop working in the workhouse for another 2 years, for which he did not forgive her. So Dickens had first-hand experience with poverty, family indebtedness, poverty, and being forced into under-age labor for years in a workhouse.

[@alcoholfree6381]

I watch every version of A Christmas Carol movie. I enjoy “Scrooge”, made in 1951 starring Alistair Sim. Of course reading an illustrated A Christmas Carol adds to the fun!!

[@alwaysknow3356]

Excellent upload, A Christmas Carol is my favourite book, and the musical version with Albert Finney the closest to it I have ever seen. Nothing can touch it and Finney's Scrooge is how I imagine Charles Dicken's intended.

[@Markstewart20]

It is usually on BBC Iplayer but I cannot work out how to upload to KZbin!

[@shibolinemress8913]

It's interesting that the 2 kids representing ignorance and poverty are left out of most of the modern presentations of A Christmas Carol that I've ever seen. I only found out about them very recently. (I must admit, I haven't yet read the original book.) I wonder why that is? Thank you for an amazing post! 😊

[@bloodhound9638]

Discussing Bob Crachett in a Harrods store, how ironic

[@heathercontois4501]

I like that discussion with Patrick Stewart about the lines Bob has regarding dinner. But, think about it. That was probably the most meat they had all year, and it was cooked so well that everyone had some and there was some left over. I've cooked a goose (never again!) and it is not an easy thing to keep it all evenly cooked.

[@MrKmoconne]

Because we have turkey on Thanksgiving day, it seems to be an unwritten rule that we can't have it for Christmas. It's usually ham. I have never had goose, so I'm curious about how good goose is? Sadly, Dicken's warning about ignorance and want has not been heeded in our modern age.

[@Markstewart20]

there is not much meat on a goose so get a large one!

[@MrKmoconne]

@@Markstewart20 Thanks. I think if I did some work, I could find some place that sells goose. What I worry about is if it would be a bit of let down? I mean there is probably a good reason goose fell out of favor to turkey. (maybe it just doesn't have a pleasant taste?)

[@CIMAmotor]

@@MrKmoconne Hello John, I've had goose for Christmas and I think it's far tastier than turkey. There's not much meat on it though so get 2!

[@kathleenbuxton6944]

Cook it on a rack and have cranberry sauce to cut any fat ...it’s a darker meat same as duck and very good

[@Markstewart20]

@@MrKmoconne I think goose was popular back in the day because they eat practically anything and so the poor could keep them and feed them on scraps from the table??

[@shibolinemress8913]

Too bad The Doctor couldn't really show up and revive Dickens' spirits (pun intended) in his final years! 😉

[@bser3973]

At 16: 00 begins what's happening now. Things of today, are from yesterday. To solve todays problems of children, if you can't afford them , don't have them.

[@bookwoman53]

I have always heard the melody of the song played on the organ and wondered what it’s name was. I guess that I should know it but I don’t.

[@Prancer1231]

At 2:23 it's The Holly and the Ivy.

[@bookwoman53]

On Thursday my choir director taught us this song so we can sing it at midnight mass.

[@elizabethhunter6171]

why is the category for the video sports???

[@Markstewart20]

not sure, just amended thanks

[@mareahmom]

Can someone tell me what the song is at 2:17??? please

[@Markstewart20]

the Holly & the Ivy I think??

[@mareahmom]

@@Markstewart20 thanks, yes it is. Love it.

[@normlor8109]

sadly mistaken as a quote from the book "they hadn't ate it all at last" which shows they weren't as ravenous as stated.

[@drwatsonca6945]

A Capon is a Roster that has been neutered not what this guy says.

[@marareninger3074]

So it seems in fantasy Scrooge got better and in reality Dickens got worse at keeping Christmas well. How very sad.

[@Markstewart20]

I think that its sad that he never saw his younger son after the age of 16!

[@MrKmoconne]

It's very difficult for us to be storybook angels, even Dickens. I think he would still implore you to try. We WISH you a merry Christmas even though it might not be as merry as we would like because, well, life gets in the way sometimes in ways we can't control.

[@contact3604]

@@Markstewart20 just wanted to say, He was only human after all. Not as grand as a saint! but not a genteel as a clergy. Writers are never, as honorable as the characters they portray. After all, how many of us! Want the truth, when we can always have fantasy.🤔 Moira From England.

[@juliewitt7496]

It's a condition known as "writer's ego."

[@bloodhound9638]

nice video Mark Stewart, unfortunately when i saw what kind of channels you subscribe to yourself, i thought 'Oh, so you are one of those'

[@Markstewart20]

One of those?

[@bloodhound9638]

@@Markstewart20 Talk radio, Candace Owens....Oh my :P

[@bloodhound9638]

@@Markstewart20 the likes of those in Dickens time, would have ridiculed his radical social justice approach

[@Markstewart20]

@@bloodhound9638 guilty as charged, I find Candace has her own Mind rather than group think??

[@bloodhound9638]

@@Markstewart20 I do actually admire her resilience and her choice to be Conservative, which is challenging given her culture and heritage, but still a Conservative none the less, whom Dickens if in the 21st Century would be a nemeses toward, Talk Radio though? really, do you think Dan Wootton provides intellectual journalism, and not pander towards the narrow mindedness of Populism, which is harming human progress??

[@pygiana16]

Sadly Dickens didn’t have the vision to see what Christmas has become. Months of commercial hype, stress, anxiety, overspending, overeating, competitive gift giving, competitive decorating and lighting, and enforced jollity. Oh to go back to the days of that edition of the Times before A Christmas Carol was published. Bah, humbug.

[@baronburch6702]

Exactly. Give it all a miss and enjoy your own company instead.

[@thebitsinlittlepots]

Pheep

[@mikeclancy741]

The presenter is dreadful.

[@vincentadams9569]

FUNNY FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS WHEN I WAS YOUNGER IN THE 1970’s we did CAPON for Christmas Day!! I believe about four years! Yes it’s a Neutered CHICKEN