Naturally, we have no interest in the fact that this is the first American film adaptation of the Dickens’ classic. None at all. We just want to know one thing: Does Scrooge actually travel through time in this one? According to a contemporaneous review in Moving Picture World:
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[*] Looking into a fire, Scrooge sees a vision of his boyhood and his lost sweetheart, but does not (from the description) interact with them.[/*]
[*] Scrooge then follows the spirit to the homes of Cratchett and his nephew, but these sound to be in the present. He does, however, interact with each, showering them with money and promising to devote himself to the happiness of others.[/*]
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Based on this, the conclusion up in the ITTDB Citadel is that the 1908 version has no more than illusory time travel.
—Michael Main

Variants

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  1. A Christmas Carol [writer and director unknown] (at movie theaters, USA, 9 December 1908).
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by unknown persons [possibly using an alias]
    Charles Dickens (based on a work by)
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Previous Works
based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (1843)