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A penurious Charles Dickens returned to his London home in the fall of 1843. His house, the holiday abroad, and a growing family taxed his earning ability. In October, 1843, borrowing a subplot from an earlier novel, he began a short Christmas story that he confidently felt would make money. Working furiously, he produced the story in six weeks, in time for December publication. He called it "A Christmas Carol." But something happened to Dickens as he wrote the story, something that crept over and saturated him with its presence — the same Christmas spirit that overtook old Scrooge. His story became a work of love, not just of finances. He later wrote an American friend that he had wept and laughed over the story as he wrote it. He wanted it priced cheaply so everyone could buy a copy. Expensive illustrations in the work, however, kept his profit to only 230 pounds instead of the 1,000 he needed. However, "A Christmas Carol" continued to sell yearly, and his enhanced reputation brought greater success to his subsequent works, several of which became classics. He had begun "A Christmas Carol" to make money. In writing the story, however, the spirit of Christmas seized, then obsessed him. It often happens that those who tinker with the Bethlehem story find themselves obsessed by its Christ.  Quote this article on your site | Views: 411 | Print | E-mail
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Lectionary Passages for November 23rd 2008
[Year A]
Proper 29(34)
Sundays after Pentecost
Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24
Psalm 100
Matthew 25:31-46
Ephesians 1:15-23
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