Michael Caine with The Muppets on the set of 1992's The Muppet Christmas Carol

The Muppet Christmas Carol is the greatest Christmas film of all time, and if you don’t agree with us on that one, frankly, you can go and argue with the wall.

Not only is it one of the most faithful adaptations of Charles Dickens’ seasonal novella, it’s also jam-packed with all of the heart-warming fun and silliness that is synonymous with The Muppets.

As Christmas Day approaches, fans around the world will be getting ready to settle in and give The Muppet Christmas Carol its annual rewatch – but for those streaming on Disney , what you might not know is that there are two different versions available.

Since 2022, when the movie celebrated its 30th anniversary, the streaming platform has featured a “full-length version” of The Muppet Christmas Carol in addition to the standard version, featuring a previously-deleted song, When Love Is Gone.

Hold on, why are there two different versions of The Muppet Christmas Carol, and why was the When Love Is Gone number cut?

If you’ve only ever seen the theatrical cut of The Muppet Christmas Carol, you probably won’t be aware of When Love Is Gone, a song performed to the young Scrooge by his fiancée Belle, during the “Christmas past”........

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