By Zack Sulkis – Social Media Editor 

The Muppets’ take on the Charles Dickens classic, “A Christmas Carol,” is a must-watch during the holiday season. While it isn’t as talked about as much as the traditional Jim Carrey version, it is still an entertaining and charming version of the story everyones probably heard is a great movie to watch on a cold winter night. 

The film takes place on Christmas Eve in 19th century London and is narrated by Gonzo, who is Charles Dickens, along with his friend Rizzo the Rat. The two make appearances throughout the film in which they tell the story of Ebenezer Scrooge. 

Scrooge is a heartless moneylender who no one likes; all he cares about is money and he hates Christmas. When he goes home on Christmas Eve he is greeted by several different ghosts who show him the past, the present, and the future if he changes his ways. At the end Scrooge is a very nice guy to everyone, donating to charity and attending Christmas dinner at Bob Cratchet’s (played by Kermit The Frog).

Throughout the film, there are many appearances from Muppet characters playing roles in the story such as Kermit as Cratchet, Statler and Waldorf as Scrooge’s dead heartless co-workers, Fozzie Bear as “Fozziwig,” the Muppet version of Fezziwig (Scrooge’s boss when he was younger), as well as many other familiar classic Muppet characters like Beaker, Sam, and more. 

“The Muppet Christmas Carol” is a heartwarming holiday movie that has some funny moments in it as well. It is a movie that shows how you should treat others how you want to be treated and know that what you put out into the world comes back to you.

Because it is a play on the classic “A Christmas Carol,” this film has many musical numbers from the Muppets.

This movie is not talked about enough for how well-filmed it is, especially for a movie with lots of puppetry from the early nineties. This is the first film featuring The Muppets that was made after the passing of Jim Henson, the creator and puppeteer. He founded The Jim Henson Company, a modern day entertainment juggernaut that makes Muppet films to this day as well as Sesame Street and Fraggle Rock.

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars