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Perhaps, then, "A Christmas Carol" is not only still a hit, but still a cautionary tale. Thanks to Dickens and a host of other Victorians, Christmas consistently warms the heart. Changing the heart, though, requires an entirely different story.

For more information:

An article on the faith of Charles Dickens is tucked at the end of CH issue 27: Persecution in the Early Church.

A Christmas Carol and Its Adaptations
http://www.dickensachristmascarol.com/

Everyman, a 15th-century morality play
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/everyman.html

Thomas Nast's Christmas Illustrations (illustrated catalog)
http://www.philaprintshop.com/nastxmas.html

Incidentally, E.T.A. Hoffman wrote "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" in 1816, but it was not popularized with Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky's music and Marius Petipa's choreography until 1891.

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