''Cuento de Navidad'' (English: ''A Christmas Carol''), is a Mexican

telenovela A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include '' teleserye'' ...

produced by Eugenio Cobo for

Televisa Grupo Televisa is a Mexican multimedia mass media company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content. In April 2021, Televisa and Univision Communications announce ...

in 1999. It is an adaptation of the 1843 eponymous novel by the famed English writer

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Notable cast

Luz María Aguilar Luz María Aguilar (born Luz María Aguilar-Torres, 26 March 1935 in Ojinaga, Chihuahua, Mexico) is a Mexican actress from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She has worked as an actress in theatre, cinema and television. One of her main roles w ...

as Doña Petra *

Julio Alemán Julio Méndez Alemán (November 29, 1933 – April 11, 2012) was a Mexican actor.Chantal Andere Chantal Andere (, born Jacqueline Chantal Fernández Andere; born January 25, 1972) is a Mexican actress and singer best known for her portraying as the villainess, the vamp or the bitter woman in telenovelas. She has come across as a serious ...

as Beatriz "Betty" * Eduardo Santamarina as Angel * María Sorté as María * Karla Álvarez as Miriam *

Leticia Calderón Leticia Calderón (; born Carmen Leticia Calderón León on July 15, 1968) is a Mexican actress.

as Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come *

Itatí Cantoral Itatí Guadalupe Cantoral Zucchi (born May 13, 1975) is a Mexican actress, singer, dancer, and producer, She is of Spanish and Italian descent. She is best known for her roles as Soraya Montenegro in Televisa's telenovela ''María la del Barrio ...

as Sebring Cirrus *

Fernando Colunga Fernando Colunga Olivares () (born 3 March 1966) is a Mexican actor best known for his work in Mexican telenovelas. Colunga gained international fame for playing Luis Fernando de la Vega in the Mexican soap opera ''Maria la del Barrio''. He is ...

as Jaime Rodríguez Coder *Luis Couturier as Fernando Soto del Monte * Laura Flores as An angel (The pretty woman) * Susana González as Miní * Eleazar Gómez as Kevin *

Edith González Edith González Fuentes (; 10 December 1964 – 13 June 2019) was a Mexican actress. She is best remembered for working on multiple telenovelas produced by three different multimedia companies, which included Televisa, TV Azteca and Telemundo. G ...

as Josefina Coder *

Rafael Inclán Rafael Jiménez Inclán (born February 22, 1941) is a Mexican actor. He has starred in movies (several of them of which are so-called ficheras), telenovelas (Spanish soap operas), and stage works. His career began in 1969. He is actor Alfonso ...

as Pavón * Aaron Hernan as Don Leonardo *

Mauricio Islas Mauricio Islas (born Juan Mauricio Islas Ilescas, August 16, 1973) is a Mexican actor. He is best known for his work in telenovelas produced by Televisa, TV Azteca, Telemundo, and Venevision. Currently, he lives and works in Miami, U.S. Bi ...

as Edmundo Soto *

Eugenio Derbez Eugenio González Derbez (; born September 2, 1961) is a Mexican actor and comedian. He has appeared in many films and television series including '' The Book of Life, The Angry Birds Movie 2 and The Secret Life of Pets.'' In the 2010s, he ap ...

as Nurse * Arath de la Torre as José *

Ernesto Laguardia Ernesto Laguardia (; born October 5, 1959) is a Mexican actor known for his performances in Mexican telenovelas. Biography Laguardia was born in Mexico City and started as a model while he was in elementary school. His enthusiasm eventually led ...

as Miguel * Andrea Lagunés as Angel *Juan Peláez as Santa Claus * Mariana Levy as Guadalupe "Lupita" * Pedro Armendáriz Jr. *

Nuria Bages Nuria Bages ( born Nuria Bages Romo on December 23, 1950) is a Mexican actress better known for her work in television and the stage. Active in Mexican television since the early 1980s, Bages became a household name after winning the role of Si ...

Roberto Ballesteros Roberto Ballesteros (born March 22, 1954) is a Peruvian actor. Although he was born in Lima, Peru, Ballesteros is widely known for his work in Mexican telenovela and films, leading many of his fans to believe that he is actually Mexican. In the U ...

Luis Bayardo Luis Jorge Bayardo Ramírez (born October 28, 1935 in Tecolotlan, Jalisco, Mexico), is a Mexican television actor. His film career began in the last years of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema The Golden Age of Mexican cinema ( es, Época de ...

* Ricardo Chávez *

Eric del Castillo J. Eduardo Eric del Castillo-Negrete Galván (born 22 July 1934) is a Mexican actor of theater, film and television who has dabbled as a screenwriter, director and arguer film, beginning his career in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Early yea ...

Alberto Estrella Alberto Estrella (born Alberto Rodríguez Estrella, 23 September 1962) is a Mexican actor. He has appeared in more than 90 films and television shows since 1986. Biography Estrella was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He starred in the fil ...

* Ana Layevska * Ivonne Montero * Adriana Nieto *

Manuel Ojeda Manuel Salvador Ojeda Armenta (4 November 1940 – 11 August 2022) was a Mexican actor. Ojeda was one of the most active actors of television and cinema in Mexico. He played the villain, Zolo, in the Hollywood film '' Romancing the Stone''. ...

Arturo Peniche Arturo Peniche (born Arturo Delgadillo Peniche on May 17, 1962) is a Mexican telenovela actor who became popular in Latin America during the 1990s. He is the brother of actor Flavio Peniche, who appears in the telenovela '' La Traición''. Biogr ...

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* {{Televisa telenovelas 1990s 1999 telenovelas 1999 Mexican television series debuts 2000 Mexican television series endings Mexican telenovelas Televisa telenovelas Spanish-language telenovelas Christmas television series Television shows based on A Christmas Carol

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