Books are almost always better than the movies based on them. Books give more detail and idea of what is going on. Movies to make them shorter take out huge details. The Christmas Carol is in both forms personally I like the written version more. The written copy is almost always made before the movie. Therefore the recorded copy changes the words from the original story. There are similarities and differences here are some of the later. In recorded version people will talk to the mean old mister Scrooge on the street and not stand as far away from him as possible. The written story puts into great detail where Scrooge lives. The Ghost of Christmas Past looks a lot different in the movie. These are just some of the differences of the two