Christmas Trees
Charles Dickens wrote a piece called "A Christmas Tree" as a magazine article. In it,…
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A Different Dickens Christmas Story
I'm going to start my annual re-reading of A Christmas Carol tonight. One stave a…
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The Man Who Invented Christmas Didn’t Write Like That
I went to see The Man Who Invented Christmas. I liked it. It is a…
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Charles Dickens – A Christmas Carol – Stave Five, The End of It
Well, we've come to the end. This stave is really more of a coda than…
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Charles Dickens – A Christmas Carol – Stave Four, The Last of the Spirits
Of all the staves, this is probably the easiest one to get right on film. …
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Charles Dickens – A Christmas Carol – Stave Three, The Second of the Three Spirits
This marks the center of the story. It is probably the most famous part of…
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Charles Dickens – A Christmas Carol – Stave Two, The First of the Three Spirits
Well, my schedule was thrown off a bit, but I'm back with the second installment. …
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Charles Dickens – A Christmas Carol – Stave One Marley’s Ghost
I have a Christmas tradition that I would like to share. Every year, for the…