You know it's Christmas

when you turn on the tv and you see different adaptations of Dickens' A Christmas Carol showing. today... there were 2 different versions, one on Channel 5 and the other on OKTO. different flavour, the former darker, the latter more bright and kiddish.

i wonder... if, without fail, you get A Christmas Carol showing on TV every Christmas, do the decendents Dickens' get compensated for the use of Dickens' intellectual property...