In the spirit of the Holidays, I thought I would post a link to an article about one of the most famous ghost stories of all time…..

Charles Dickens  “A Christmas Carol!”

  In the following article, it explains not only a bit about the classic book-turned-play and film, but it explains perhaps the reason why Charles Dickens dreamt up “A Christmas Carol” in the first place…

The article explains, in detail, some of the background about the classic film, (which was a book at the start), from the ORIGINAL illustrations, to the meaning behind it, to some of the customs of the old day that modern-day readers might miss, not having been fortunate enough to live during the time of it’s original printing. 

By the way, did you know that it was an old English custom to tell ghost stories on Christmas Eve? (it goes back to what I posted a link to in “the Origin of Halloween”…..apparently telling ghost stories on Christmas Eve goes with the Winter Solstice celebrations.

But, I may be getting a little off-topic.

Anyway, take a look at the article, and settle down and go back in time to 1800’s England… find out why there were so many children around to work in the factories in the first place, to why the death of “Little Tim” was so important back then, and MANY MORE little gems!!!

Wow, I was glad to run across this very interesting article, I hope you take the time to read it!  I found it interesting… I personally didn’t know all the details about the classic play and movie until I read this very intriguing article! 

Kudos to whoever researched this so well!  Great job on a great article about one of the most classic ghost stories of all time!  Cheers! 

Take the time to read it, if you’re a fan, you’ll love this article!  If you’re (like me) wondering what it’s all about, you’ll love the article, too!

Here’s the link…

http://www.fidnet.com/~dap1955/dickens/carol.html

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