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By John O’Neill Columnist Charles Dickens, the greatest writer of the Victorian Era, became synonymous with Christmas 180 years ago. It was in December 1843 when Dickens wrote and published A Christmas Carol, the timeless tale of the conversion of Ebenezer Scrooge from an avaricious miser who disdains Christmas into a charitable and giving man […]

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The holiday in literature: Christmas, as seen by Charles Dickens Mike Timko FacebookTwitterEmail Bob Cratchett carries Tiny Tim in a scene from “A Christmas Carol.”Getty Images To many, Charles Dickens, Christmas, and “A Christmas Carol” have become synonymous. Evidence, however, shows that the Carol was written more for commercial reasons rather than to celebrate the season; the true roots of his love of the season can be seen in a much earlier story, one written by a much more “inno...