"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the ...

"A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, the story of Ebenezer Scrooge written in 1843, is one of the most familiar literary works in the English language. Though Eleanor Farjeon wrote in an ...

If you’re in search of an ancient, theologically rich carol this season, look no further than “Of the Father’s Love Begotten.” Long before it became a Christmas carol in the 19th century, this hymn ...

Christmas wasn't always a national shopping spree — or even a day off work. But when Charles Dickens published A Christmas Carol in 19th-century London, the holiday went viral. Leon Litvack, professor ...

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