“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” – Charles Dickens.
The classic tale A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens wonderfully captured the 19th century revival of the Christmas season with a fusion of fantasy and mid-Victorian reality.
Written at a time when the British were exploring Christmas traditions from the past, together with new customs such as the Christmas tree; its use…