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“A Christmas Carol,” a globally celebrated timeless tale of heartwarming human redemption crafted as a haunting holiday ghost story, was published in London on this day in history, Dec. 19, 1843.
Except for the biblical narrative of the birth of Christ itself, “A Christmas Carol” may be the world’s most well-known and most frequently retold tale of the holiday.
English author Dickens, 31 years old at the time, had recently gained literary celebrity following the release of “Sketches by Boz,” “The Pickwick Papers” and “Oliver Twist.”
“‘A Christmas Carol’ was written over a few short weeks…