“A Muppets Christmas Carol” Is An Underrated ‘90s Classic, And These Hilarious 19 Tweets Will Remind You How Good It Is

"I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Muppet Christmas Carol is undoubtedly the pinnacle of human cultural achievement."

If you're a millennial then the first movie you probably think of when you think of Christmas movies is either Home Alone or Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.

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And I am not even going to get into the whole debate that goes with that about which is better.

However, for "elite" millennials there is only one movie that comes to mind first when you think of Christmas movies: The Muppet Christmas Carol.

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Now, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the Home Alone films — don't get me wrong — but The Muppet Christmas Carol is a true classic that I feel deserves to be held in the same regard as those two films. Even if it's just for Michael Caine's amazing performance as Ebenezer Scrooge.

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So, because I am feeling the Christmas spirit, I decided to do a roundup of funny tweets about this beloved holiday classic — and if you're a fan you'll appreciate every single one of these:

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1.

They need to stop remaking A Christmas Carol. The Muppets did it the best. Everyone else needs to sit down and move on

— Taylor (@TaylorAnnNx) November 12, 2022

Twitter: @TaylorAnnNx

2.

[int. Muppets studio, early ‘90s]

BRIAN HENSON I don’t see how we make “The Muppets Christmas Carol” without the exact right actor to play Scrooge

[doors open triumphantly] https://t.co/hP1mDD6yVN

— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) April 25, 2022

Twitter: @ditzkoff

3.

I like to imagine that when Michael Caine showed up on the set of Muppet Christmas Carol he greeted the muppets by saying “Hello fellow thespians, friends, countrymen.”

— Julia Claire (@ohJuliatweets) December 4, 2023

Twitter: @ohJuliatweets

4.

Caine is committing the right amount to Muppet Christmas Carol, you don’t phone it in when you work for the muppets, that’s an honor

— Mr. Chau (@Srirachachau) December 25, 2021

Twitter: @Srirachachau

5.

I’ve said it before & I’ll say it again.

Muppets Christmas Carol is undoubtedly the pinnacle of human cultural achievement. pic.twitter.com/je3Korwghd

— James A Wong (@Botanygeek) December 25, 2018

Twitter: @Botanygeek / Via Twitter: @Botanygeek

6.

Disney+ should take a page out of the HBOMax playbook and do a Muppet Christmas Carol reunion that’s a round table discussion between Michael Caine and the Muppets. Would watch.

— Patrick Barb (@pbarb) December 25, 2021

Twitter: @pbarb

7.

me: I'm just gonna put The Muppets Christmas Carol on in the background. probably won't even watch it

me two minutes later (scream-singing): WHEN A COLD WIND BLOWS IT CHILLS YOU, CHILLS YOU TO THE BONE

— i bless the rains down in castamere (@Chinchillazllla) December 15, 2021

Twitter: @Chinchillazllla

8.

tired of michael caine getting all the glory for muppet christmas carol when we all know kermit was turning in a career-defining performance as bob cratchit

— Sylvian (#1 Howard Hawks Enthusiast) (@TheAlexSylvian) December 4, 2023

Twitter: @TheAlexSylvian

9.

Not my Polish boyfriend pointing to Tiny Tim in Muppet's Christmas Carol and asking "What's the name of the tuberculosis frog?"

— Rachel England (@Rachel_England) December 4, 2022

Twitter: @Rachel_England

10.

Time for my annual ‘The Ghost of Christmas Past from Muppet’s Christmas Carol looks like a poached egg’ tweet. pic.twitter.com/e8nHE7AXXo

— Hannah George (@HannahMGeorge) December 11, 2020

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11.

The Ghost Of Christmas Yet To Come in ‘A Muppets Christmas Carol’ should have been Big Bird, played in exactly the same manner: silent, menacing, in long black robes, but with a big yellow beak poking out

— Fancy Brenda 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (they/she) (@SpillerOfTea) December 4, 2023

Twitter: @SpillerOfTea

12.

The Muppets could have written A Christmas Carol but Charles Dickens could never have written "no cheeses for us meeces"

— JRR "Gandalf the White Christmas" Jokien (@joshcarlosjosh) December 16, 2022

Twitter: @joshcarlosjosh

13.

The real villain of The Muppet’s Christmas Carol is Andy’s boyfriend

— James Greig (@jamesdgreig) December 24, 2020

Twitter: @jamesdgreig

14.

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— Zak Roé (@TheZakRoeShow) November 1, 2019

Twitter: @TheZakRoeShow

15.

mum just asked why there is only one marley brother in this bbc adaptation of a christmas carol, correctly assuming that muppets christmas carol is the original text

— claire biddles (@msclairebiddles) December 22, 2019

Twitter: @msclairebiddles

16.

I love my family but a heated row has broken out about which is the better Christmas Carol: the muppets or the Robert Zemeckis, CGI one. My 9yo niece is explaining how the CGI one is more faithful to the text & I am explaining that the other one has muppets & that she is wrong

— Kate Lister (@k8_lister) December 25, 2021

Twitter: @k8_lister

17.

There is more culture and educational value in the Muppet's A Christmas Carol than in any Shakespeare play.

— alter Soldatenbär 🐻 (@barefootboomer) November 30, 2021

Twitter: @barefootboomer

18.

me watching the muppets christmas carol pic.twitter.com/Y1ko4M1728

— Ste McGovern (@TheNoveltyAct) December 25, 2022

AMC / Via Twitter: @TheNoveltyAct

19.

So sad that Charles Dickens died without ever knowing he’d written A Muppets Christmas Carol :-(

— Gráinne Maguire (@GrainneMaguire) December 24, 2021

Twitter: @GrainneMaguire

And remember, everyone, light the lamp, not the rat!

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