It was priced by Dickens at 5 shillings (UK money pre-decimalisation) which he believed most people could afford.
A Christmas Carol grossed $177,853,834 worldwide.
Disney's A Christmas Carol grossed $323,743,744 worldwide.
The Muppet Christmas Carol grossed $27,281,507 worldwide.
Disney's A Christmas Carol grossed $137,855,863 in the domestic market.
The Muppet Christmas Carol grossed $27,281,507 in the domestic market.
It is not known who originated The First Noel; it was first written down in the William Sandy and Davies Gilbert book: "Gilbert and Sandys Christmas Carols" published in 1933; but was not written by either Sandy or Gilbert. It is believed to be a folk carol of much earlier origin.
When it was first published in 1843, a copy of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol would have cost around five shillings, which was considered relatively expensive for a short novel at that time.
It was sold for 5 shillings (British Money)
it teaches scrooge hoe much he misses christmas with his family
This was from the 1970 musical film version called Scrooge. It was first sung by the ensemble, led by actor Anton Roberts at what turns out the be the funeral of Scrooge. It is reprised at the end by Scrooge and the ensemble after his transformation.
A Christmas carol is a lyric on the theme of Christmas or the winter season in general and which are traditionally sung in the pre-Christmas period. It is melodious and enriched with religious fervor. Nowadays even people belonging to other communities enjoy Christmas carols being sung .A Christmas Carol is a novella by Charles Dickens whose bi-Centenary is being celebrated this year globally. The book was written and published in early Victorian Era Britain, a period when there was both strong nostalgia for old Christmas traditions and an initiation of new practices such as Christmas trees and greeting cards. The humiliating experiences of his childhood, his sympathy for the poor, and various Christmas stories and fairy tales seem to be the inspiration for Dickens to have written the book.
It was very much in demand and its original 600 printed copies sold out in a matter of days.