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A Christmas Carol

12/20/2020

"A Christmas Carol" Makes the Same Demand Today: Feed the Hungry

by William Lambers

Three ghosts visiting Americans this holiday might show the lifesaving benefits of food aid in the past, the scope of food insecurity today, and the prospects of hunger worsening in the future.

12-12-16

London, 1843: A Merry Christmas and a Stingy Ebenezer Scrooge

by Bruce Chadwick

This latest version of the play is terrific and even better than the last.

12-15-15

Happy Holidays to all from Dickens’s "A Christmas Carol"

by Bruce Chadwick

"A Christmas Carol" is spot on wonderful, a warm, tender and joyful Christmas and holiday present for all, the best colorfully wrapped package Santa could bring to anyone.