A Christmas carol - Charles Dickens

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I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.

Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean, miserable, bitter old man with no friends. One cold Christmas Eve, three ghosts take him on a scary journey to show him the error of his nasty ways. By visiting his past, present and future, Scrooge learns to love Christmas and the people all around him.

A Christmas Carol has become a a true holiday classic, and is a powerful and uplifting story of redemption for all ages.

'The resonance of A Christmas Carol seems to get stronger every year' - The Guardian