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* [[Anvilicious]]: But [[Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped|good!]] (Apparently Dickens even considered "The Sledgehammer" as a title.)
** While the moral of charity and giving is obvious, more specifically, the novella was meant as a [[Take That]] to Thomas Malthus, whose warnings of overpopulation resulted in laws that Dickens hated because he felt they hurt the poor.
*** Actually by [[Word of God|his own admission]] the main purpose of the novella was that [[Money, Dear Boy|Dickens needed a paycheck]].
* [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment]]: The Ghost Of Christmas Future chasing Scrooge in the Zemeckis adaptation.
* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]: So, you've just finished watching the Zemeckis adaptation and the ending credits start to roll. Unless you were paying attention during the opening credits, you probably weren't expecting Andrea Bocelli to suddenly throw down an [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipd8ZI_2Vkk incredibly epic version of "God Bless Us Everyone"].
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