Know what goes well with candy corn? Apparently, chestnuts roasting on an open fire.
The Robert Zemeckis/Jim Carrey 3-D A Christmas Carol premieres in theaters Friday, on the heels of the horror shows of Halloween and just in time for the annual observation that the holidays seem to arrive sooner every year.
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But there is method - and precedent - for Hollywood opening a yuletide movie so soon.


