A Christmas Carol
Across
- 6. you might kill a Christmas vampire with a stake of this
- 8. a Scrooge-like Dr. Seuss character
- 11. the child doomed to die
- 12. the Ghost of Christmas Present's throne is made of this
- 14. in Mickey's Christmas Carol, this animated character plays Marley
- 16. Scrooge's catchphrase
- 17. the author of A Christmas Carol
- 19. the kind of school young Scrooge attended
- 21. the only spirit who does not speak to Scrooge
- 25. the first ghost to visit Scrooge
- 26. one of the emaciated children hidden in a spirit's robes
- 28. a 2022 film based on the story
- 29. the name of Scrooge's charwoman
- 31. the story is divided into five of these
- 33. the historical era in which the story is set
Down
- 1. the genre of A Christmas Carol
- 2. Scrooge says idiots who say "Merry Christmas" should be boiled in this
- 3. the name of Scrooge's nephew
- 4. star of Scrooged, reimagining the protagonist as a TV exec
- 5. punishment for a life of sin and greed
- 7. the setting for the story
- 9. writer and director of the animated adaptation starring Jim Carrey
- 10. Marley was as dead as this
- 13. this actor played Scrooge in Muppet Christmas Carol
- 15. Scrooge's first employer
- 18. Scrooge's first name
- 20. the Cratchit family's Christmas dinner
- 22. he says, "God bless us, every one"
- 23. the reason Scrooge likes darkness
- 24. the Shakespearean character mentioned on the book's first page
- 27. the final straw to make Scrooge change his ways
- 30. the number of years since Marley's death
- 32. the first printing sold out in this many days