This was the first performance by Peter Sellers after suffering a near fatal heart attack. Written by Rod Serling, this special aired once and was never shown again. Sellers plays a demigod in an apocalyptic Christmas. Sterling Hayden also was featured.
Christmascarols are based on Christian lyrics and relate, in the main, to the Nativity.
As for the word carols, "carol" is a derivative of the French word caroller, the interpretation of which means dancing around in a circle.
Christmascarols were only fully popularised again during the Victorian era when they again expressed joyful and merry themes in their carol lyrics as opposed to the normal, more sombre, Christian lyrics found in hymns.
By the time the Carol was written in 1843, the lavish celebrations of the past were a distant, quaint memory.
Although A ChristmasCarol is generally associated with the Christian holiday season, for it does contain references to the Christian Jesus, its themes are not exclusive to Christianity and it inspired a tradition for decades in Christmas books and celebrations that appealed to many non-Christians.
A ChristmasCarol was a runaway best seller and Dickens expected his first royalty check to be at least £1000 but due to the high production cost of the book-in part because of his many last minute changes and its expensive materials, he received only £250.
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