Review: Christmas Classic
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 9, 2014
A Christmas Carol is as much a moralising tale as it is a ghost story, framing as it does the consequences we might reap for our actions were we not to be a ‘good citizen’ with it’s requirement to care for our dependents and the needy. It is a perfect fit for a gentleman who concerns himself with the plight of those less fortunate than ourselves,.Ebenezer our central character and ‘hero’ is a penny-pinching miser who cares nothing for others and believes that the only thing that matters is the making of money. One Christmas he is visited by three ghosts, of Christmas’s past, present and future who each hold a candle to his character and temperament allowing him the chance to redeem himself before it is too late. It is a dark novel which still has a rich seam of relevance in our 21st century world and is well worth reading on Christmas eve to a set of small and not so small children. Excellent.@DickensSays