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That's something from the book that isn't often seen in adaptations. Unfortunately I don't have a suggestion for you. Was it live action? Do you know if it was an older adaptation or something more recent? They sort of touch on it in the musical Scrooge (1970) with the "milk of human kindness," and the 1972 animated Chuck Jones animated version has the Ghost waving his torch around to spread good cheer. Those are the only two I can think of at the moment that did that. I'm sure there are others.
I don't remember if it was older or more recent, but I'm pretty sure it was live-action. I know I saw it sometime in school that was before college, so it has to have been made and released on video before 2003.
I will look into the first version you mentioned.
Edit: I looked into it and that 1970 musical is not it.
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I once saw a film of "A Christmas Carol" where the Ghost of Christmas Present had a magic power with his torch (or something similar) that I think might have made people be nicer. I remember that he used it on some random people on the street, and then he used it on the Cratchits and I think it made the latter start talking about how full they were from dinner. I don't know which film this is from, though, and I wasn't able to find any information about this specific version online.