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Topic: A Christmas Carol

Reginald Owen stars as Ebenezer Scrooge in the 1938 motion picture "A Christmas Carol" (John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

The timeless gift of Scrooge

Coleman Spilde
Guy Pearce as Ebenezer Scrooge. (Robert Viglasky/FX)

What does "Bah, humbug!" actually mean?

Ellen Gutoskey - Mental Floss
Traditional German holiday Goose Dinner with Dumplings and Red Cabbage (Getty Images)

Why don't we still eat Christmas goose?

Ashlie D. Stevens
Guy Pearce as Ebenezer Scrooge. (Robert Viglasky/FX)

No comfort & joy in FX's Christmas Carol

Melanie McFarland
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Jim Carrey as Ebenezer Scrooge and Gary Oldman as Tiny Tim in "A Christmas Carol" (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

A GOP "Christmas Carol": Bah, humbug!

Matthew Rozsa
"A Christmas Carol" (ABC)

Silent night, scary night

Colin Fleming
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It's a Lethal Weapon Christmas

Erin Keane
(AP/Charles Dharapak/Reuters/Kevin Lamarque/Photo montage by Salon)

Obama: Haunted by Bush's ghost

Andrew O'Hehir
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at the Cow Palace in Daly City, Calif., Friday, Oct. 16, 2009. Thousands of home owners turned out to an event sponsored by NACA. A Boston-based non-profit helping people to re-structure high risk loans. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) (Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Michael Winship
Jim Carrey as Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol."

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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