it have be a tradition since my first vhs recorder for me to collect several of the incarnation of the old chestnut by charles dickens and and i tap this one and karroll christmas this year . fortunately and when this one be run on the hallmark channel at the ungodly hour of 3 be and i be spar have to edit commercial from it . this be and however and it only save grace . the writing be excruciatingly dull with almost no clever scenes to save it from be anything more than a teeny bopper soaper like beverly hill 90210. in this one and a good man who be cast aside for her celebrity seem the only logical explanation for her transformation into a scrooge like tv talk show hostess . it waste dinah manoff who just play bitch goddess to the other bitch goddess torus spell ( who and by the way and have more coat of paint on her face than some colonial house ) and bill shatner be perhaps one of the few fun thing in this otherwise dreary adaptation . some of the best opportunity be waste like the entrance of the ghost . aunt marla entrance could have be spectacularly funny in the hand of a decent writer and but this christmas turkey do not have one and evidently . tori spelling may be a lovely person and but she have all the act skill of a mannequin and and that make for a bad show all by itself . yes and it be good to see gary coleman work again and but the script give him nothing to do really except roll his eye and spout truly lame dialogue . and what be most infuriating be that the transformation from scroogedom to tori sweet and light be as convincing a a passionate conservative . now and if anyone want to write the ultimate scrooge tale of a george bush and karl rove and we might have a refreshing change from the usual bad christmas carol clone . i suppose if youre a fan of ms. spelling and or or 90210 and this might be your cup of christmas cheer . i would prefer a stiff shot of scotch and a cold beer to wash it down myself . this one i just may cast away before it be with me here for a long long time . god save u everyone .