The Muppet Christmas Carol’s Scariest Moment Almost Didn’t Happen

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• Originally, the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come were going to be played by established Muppet characters like Robin the Frog, Miss Piggy, and Gonzo - but the filmmakers scrapped this idea to create new, more ominous spirits that better matched the source material's darker tones.
• The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, the scariest of the three, was designed as a towering, faceless figure whose eerie movements were achieved by a puppeteer on a platform, a far cry from the jovial Gonzo that was initially considered for the role.