Article content A Christmas Carol. The celebrated English novelist Charles Dickens’ holiday classic tale of redemption and forgiveness set against the backdrop of Victorian England is an eternal one — and its messaging is just as relevant today as it was when it first appeared on the literary scene in the mid 1800s. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Dickens family get-together goes virtual thanks to Ghost of Christmas Present Back to video And yes, it may have been written all those years ago, but it’s profound messaging can be seen as the backdrop to the unprecedented upheavals we are all living with now, including sickness, monetary uncertainty, poverty and hunger.