A Christmas Carol
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Christmas: the most festive season in Nigeria. The one that everyone enjoys. Right? Wrong!
Carol wants nothing to do with Christmas or 'Christmas Spirit' but Fate has other things in mind.
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This is a Nigerian retelling of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
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