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In Victorian England, from the 1830s until around 1900, telling ghost stories was a big part of how you celebrated Christmas: ghosts, evil spirits and people gone insane!

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Join the more than 1 million people who have been dazzled by this original, award-winning adaptation based on Charles Dickens’ classic novella. “A Christmas Carol” is a musical ghost story following ...