Celebrate the Season with the Hoopla Movie Club
December is the perfect month to cozy up with loved ones, blankets, and holiday films. You bring the loved ones and blankets, we’ll add the classic Christmas movies that make up Hoopla’s December Movie Club. This month’s movie club picks spotlight movies that celebrate Charles Dickens’s beloved novella, A Christmas Carol, about Scrooge and his Christmastime encounter with three ghosts.
This month’s curated movie list invites you to revisit this enduring holiday story by enjoying films about its origins and its many creative retellings. With your library card, you can stream every title on Hoopla for free—no waits, no holds, and available on Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, Samsung TV, LG TV, and more.
Start with The Man Who Invented Christmas
Begin your holiday watchlist with The Man Who Invented Christmas, a delightful exploration of how Dickens crafted A Christmas Carol.
This film is a warm, imaginative look at the author’s creative process and the real-life inspirations behind characters like Tiny Tim and Scrooge (which leads us to ask, was the real Scrooge honored or offended?). It reveals how Charles Dickens (Dan Stevens) blended experiences and imagination to shape his now-iconic story.
Sing Along with A Christmas Carol: The Musical
A Christmas Carol: The Musical is a made-for-TV adaptation of the 1994 Menken and Ahrens stage musical, which itself was inspired by Dickens’s novella.
It transforms Ebenezer Scrooge’s (Kelsey Grammer) journey through visits from spirits of past, present, and future into a colorful musical that’s perfect for a holiday family movie night. It also features Jane Krakowski, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Jason Alexander. It’s a lot of fun.
Laugh with Scrooged
For a more modern twist, add Scrooged to your queue. This offbeat, comedic reimagining starring Bill Murray has become a holiday favorite for good reason.
It’s a contemporary twist on Dickens’s story, in which cynical TV executive Frank Cross (Bill Murray) has pushed away his true love, Claire Phillips (Karen Allen). After dismissing employee Eliot Loudermilk (Bobcat Goldthwait) on Christmas Eve, he’s confronted by ghosts who compel him to confront his choices and seek redemption for a better future.
Warm Your Heart with Hallmark’s Ghost of Christmas Always
Round out your movie club experience with Hallmark’s heartfelt Ghost of Christmas Always, in which Katherine (Kim Matula) is the Ghost of Christmas Present. She’s assigned to help Peter (Ian Harding) regain his lost holiday spirit.
However, this year brings an unexpected turn, blending a heartfelt twist with a timeless romantic storyline. This warm, magical film incorporates a message of reflection and renewal—echoing the spirit that has kept A Christmas Carol beloved for generations.
This December, let Hoopla and your library card bring the magic of Dickens directly to your home with Hoopla’s December Movie Club.
Happy watching, and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
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