Every winter, the Dutch city of Deventer transforms into a real-life Victorian village filled with around 1,000 performers dressed as Charles Dickens characters — from Ebenezer Scrooge to the Ghost of Christmas Past.
We followed the actors behind the scenes, talked to visitors from around the world, and discovered why the 180 year-old novella “A Christmas Carol” still feels so magical today.
What’s your favorite Christmas story? Share it in the comments below!
CHAPTERS
00:00 Welcome to a real-life Dickens story
00:45 How visitors react to Scrooge
01:12 Why “A Christmas Carol” still matters
01:58 Behind the scenes with Scrooge
02:25 How the festival began
03:10 Charles Dickens’s sharp criticism
04:21 A Victorian Christmas without a time machine
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CREDITS
Report: Jens von Larcher
Camera: René Heijnen
Edit: Marcel Epple
Supervising Editor: Mirja Viehweger
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