[PAR] [TLE] Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale [SEP] Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale is a Christmas television special produced by Done and Dusted for NBC.  Directed by Hamish Hamilton, it stars Kelly Clarkson, Blake Shelton, Reba McEntire, Trisha Yearwood, Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, William Shatner, Jay Leno, Matt Lauer, Danica Patrick, Heidi Klum, Ken Jeong, Jai Rodriguez and Morgan Bastin.  It is a musical comedy pastiche loosely based on Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol" where Clarkson's character learns the true meaning of Christmas, accompanied by the music of her sixth studio album "Wrapped in Red".  With its musical performances filmed live at The Venetian Las Vegas on October 30, 2013, the television special itself was broadcast on December 11, 2013 on NBC in the United States.  The special won a Gold World Medal for best Variety Special in the New York Festival’s International Television & Film Awards.  The special was aired on December 23, 2014 and December 17, 2015. [PAR] [TLE] A Christmas Carol [SEP] A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost-Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843; the first edition was illustrated by John Leech.  "A Christmas Carol" tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an old miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come.  After their visits Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man.
[PAR] [TLE] Kelly Clarkson 's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale [ SEP ] Kelly Clarkson 's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale is a Christmas television special produced by Done and Dusted for NBC . Directed by Hamish Hamilton , it stars Kelly Clarkson , Blake Shelton , Reba McEntire , Trisha Yearwood , Robin Williams , Whoopi Goldberg , William Shatner , Jay Leno , Matt Lauer , Danica Patrick , Heidi Klum , Ken Jeong , Jai Rodriguez and Morgan Bastin . It is a musical comedy pastiche loosely based on Charles Dickens 's " A Christmas Carol " where Clarkson 's character learns the true meaning of Christmas , accompanied by the music of her sixth studio album " Wrapped in Red " . With its musical performances filmed live at The Venetian Las Vegas on October 30 , 2013 , the television special itself was broadcast on December 11 , 2013 on NBC in the United States . The special won a Gold World Medal for best Variety Special in the New York Festival ’s International Television & Film Awards . The special was aired on December 23 , 2014 and December 17 , 2015 . [PAR] [TLE] A Christmas Carol [ SEP ] A Christmas Carol in Prose , Being a Ghost - Story of Christmas , commonly known as A Christmas Carol , is a novella by Charles Dickens , first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 ; the first edition was illustrated by John Leech . " A Christmas Carol " tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge , an old miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past , Present and Yet to Come . After their visits Scrooge is transformed into a kinder , gentler man .
Which author wrote the novella which formed the basis for the Christmas television special that was accompanied by Kelly Clarkson's album "Wrapped in Red"?
Which author wrote the novella which formed the basis for the Christmas television special that was accompanied by Kelly Clarkson 's album " Wrapped in Red " ?
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens