Haunted by the Christmas Spirit
The Legacy of A Christmas Carol
7 min readDec 24, 2022
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They say the classics are classic for a reason. It would seem that Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol has aged remarkably well. This simple tale of a wealthy miser who’s scared into philanthropy remains popular more than 175 years after its debut.
It endures despite — or perhaps because of — its unresolved plot threads. Did Scrooge…