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Is the 2020 adaptation of A
Christmas Carol too creepy

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for little kids?

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[Music plays]

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"You...will...be haunted."

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Let's call it intense
but still family friendly.

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"Is he the bad one?"

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"Very bad."

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This retelling of the classic
Dickens tale puts modern

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dance at center stage as
it follows Scrooge on

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Christmas Eve.

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"Bah humbug!"

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This imaginative film
includes a few scenes

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that might bother young
viewers.

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There's one particularly
scary-looking ghost with

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a menacing voice, plus
fighting and shots of bodies

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lying in the snow as if dead.

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[Music plays]

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That said, the overall
tone is positive and the

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lessons still shine through.

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Namely, the importance
of good morals; the value

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of friendship; and the idea
that wealth does not equate

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with happiness.

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[Music plays]

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Common Sense says A
Christmas Carol is fine for

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kids 9 and up, and we've
named it a Common Sense

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selection.

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For top picks and advice 

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to fit your family, visit 
us at commonsensemedia.org.