As uplifting as the tale of Scrooge itself, this is the story of how Charles Dickens Revived the signal Holiday of the Western world.
He worried it might be the end of his Career as a novelist..
His publisher turned it down, so Dickens used what little money he had to put out A Christmas Carol himself.
Just before Christmas in 1843, a debt-ridden and dispirited Charles Dickens wrote a small book he hoped would keep his creditors at bay.
Soon to be a major motion picture.
As uplifting as the tale of Scrooge itself, this is the story of how Charles Dickens Revived the signal Holiday of the Western world