A Christmas Carol
Author: Charles Dickens
Read the ultimate Christmas story of hope and redemption behind the recent BBC TV adaptation,,Ebenezer Scrooge despises Christmas. He has no time for festivities or goodwill toward his fellow men and is only interested in money.,,Then, on the night of Christmas Eve, his life is changed by a series of ghostly visitations that show him some bitter truths about his choices.,,Di….Read More
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