"A Christmas Carol" is definately my favorite all time Christmas movie. I love the Hallmark Hall of Fame version with George C. Scott. I think it came out in 1989 or 1990. I also love "The Preacher's Wife".
I love all versions of "A Christmas Carol." Actually, I think A Christmas Carol is the scariest thing I've ever seen or read. Charles Dickens studied the occult, and his drawings, his literary desciption of Marley's Ghost is very frightening. Think of it--being all alone at night in your home--a place where you should feel safe-- and all of a sudden you're subjected to bells clanging, chains being dragged up the stairs. I would lose my mind! Even the Muppet's version has me turning on every light in the house. I won't watch any verion of A Christmas Carol or Scrooge alone.
Does anyone remember an African American version starring that guy who played Benson? There is another Scrooge version with Henry Winkler, and an African American version starring Cecily Tyson. Let us not forget "A Diva's Christma Carol, with Vanessa Williams in the starring role.
I also love the musical version of A Christmas Carol (or is it Scrooge?) starring Albert Finney.
The TBS version featuring Patrick Stewart(sp?) is also a fine production.
Scrooged with Bill Murray is outrageous, and a great favorite.
The 1950 version with Alistair Sim is perhaps the best. I also remember an English modern day gangster version that I haven't seen in years.