The Muppet Christmas Carol (Box Cinema)

The Hub on Verulam is screening The Muppet Christmas Carol in its Box cinema room on Friday 11 December, a few weeks before the big day. It's the musical retelling of Dickens' A Christmas Carol, with Michael Caine playing Ebenezer Scrooge opposite the Muppets, so it's the one most of us know by heart.

If you've seen it a dozen times on the telly, there's something different about catching it on a proper screen. It's a family-friendly one, so it works as a night out with kids or just as a low-key way to get into the Christmas spirit. The Box is the smaller cinema space inside The Hub, which keeps it a bit more intimate than a main screen.

It starts at 7:30pm, and tickets are £8. If you're looking for something to do in St Albans that doesn't cost a fortune and doesn't require any real planning, this is a safe bet. It's a familiar story, a few songs you'll probably hum along to, and Michael Caine playing the grumpy miser who eventually finds his heart.