My mental image of Scrooge...

Everyone has their own favorite versions of A Christmas Carol. For many of us it's the movie or TV version that we grew up with. I remember the first one I watched, which I found while perusing the limited number of shows on TV one Saturday afternoon when I was a kid (I didn't have cable where I grew up out in the country.) The movie I came across was the 1970 version Scrooge, starring Albert Finney. To me, Finney is the epitome of Scrooge, the meanest, nastiest, ugliest man to ever play the role.

I'm not typically a fan of theatrical musicals, but this is one of those movies that I'll watch every year if I can find it. This year it'll be shown on TCM on Saturday, Dec 20 at 6pm. I've already had Hubby set the TiVo.

The only downside is that for weeks afterward I won't be able to get the songs out of my head.