Rich Little's Christmas Carol, broadcast in Canada as A Christmas Carol, is a TV special that premiered on CBC Television in December 1978, and in the United States on Home Box Office (HBO) on December 16, 1979. The special won an International Emmy Award and a Rose d'Or award. It was produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1978. It starred Rich Little in a one-man performance with impersonations of his characters playing the parts in Charles Dickens' famous 1843 holiday story, A Christmas Carol.

Little played the following celebrities:

W. C. Fields as Ebenezer Scrooge

Paul Lynde as Bob Cratchit

Johnny Carson as Fred

Laurel and Hardy as the two solicitors

Richard Nixon as Jacob Marley

Humphrey Bogart as the Ghost of Christmas Past

Groucho Marx as Fezziwig

James Stewart as Dick Wilkins

Peter Falk as Columbo/the Ghost of Christmas Present

Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker/Mrs. Cratchit

Truman Capote as Tiny Tim

Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau/the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

James Mason, George Burns and John Wayne as the three businessmen

Jack Benny as a boy

The show was shot on videotape and included a laugh track.

In 1963, Little released the LP "Scrooge and the Stars", which may have been the inspiration for this version of A Christmas Carol. On the LP, Little portrayed Scrooge as Jack Benny.