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The season just ending is one where many of us will have included among our television watching diet various versions of the Charles Dicken's classic, 'A Christmas Carol'. And so I saw Albert Finney in the part of Scrooge and George C. Scott in the same role.

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Charles Dickens' little novella, "A Christmas Carol," has been a highlight of the Christmas season for generations.

One of my favorite holiday traditions is watching old, and even some newer, Christmas movies.

After the gifts have been opened and the turkey coma has set in, there's really only one thing to do on Christmas: watch holiday movies.

Two years ago, I wrote a column about the greatest Christmas movie of all time, "It's a Wonderful Life." Lots of comments were received and folks generally agreed that this movie, over time, has become one of their favorites, too.

Anyone who likes the story A Christmas Carol probably has a favorite movie version as well.

Many years ago, there was a Christmas special that it seems, was shown only in that one year.

George C. Scott stars as Ebenezer Scrooge in this 1984 TV adaptation of the Charles Dickens short story.

DON'T MISS: "Survivor: Samoa" finale - If by now you can't tell your Galu from a Foa Foa, you'll want nothing to do with this season's tropical smackdown.

Christmas week usually means repeats of shows you might have missed earlier this month, from specials like "Disney Prep & Landing" , "The 2009 Hollywood Christmas Parade" and " Carrie Underwood : An All-Star Holiday Special" to multiple repeat screenings of "The Polar Express" and the 1984 George C. Scott "A Christmas Carol" all the way to "It's a ...

Yet another version of 'Christmas Carol' By now, you must know that there's been another movie that retells the Charles Dickens' classic tale "A Christmas Carol." This one's in 3-D, animated, starring Jim Carrey.

I have a confession. I am married to a Christmas movie junkie. The nagging to break open the Christmas movie collection usually starts the day after Halloween.

I watched the 1980s "Mickey's Christmas Carol" with my kids last night. They've already seen the Robert Zemeckis motion catpure Carol, now in theaters.

Timothy Crowe as Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol'' at Trinity Repertory Company in Providence.

This is a RUSH transcript from "The O'Reilly Factor," December 2, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.

Shades of George C. Scott and The Flim-Flam Man or Redford and Newman in The Sting, three fine movie-actors portraying the penultimate in the lineup of con artists working their scams on the hapless "mark" about to be had.

There have been so many movies based on books. Here is my list of Ten great mystery movies.

What the Dickens is going on around here? North Coast Repertory Theatre in Eureka is currently staging a relatively faithful version of Dickens' A Christmas Carol, and this coming weekend Dell'Arte opens A Commedia Christmas Carol, while Ferndale Repertory Theatre opens Oliver! - the musical version of Dickens' Oliver Twist.

Charles Dickens' world famous novella, "A Christmas Carol," has been retold and remade time and time again throughout the years.