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Christmas Carol Performances

Charles Dickens’ Christmas Carol is perhaps the definitive work on the modern tradition of Christmas. Surely filled from beginning to end with good Christian cheer as brought to the work by Dickens’s tireless humanitarian work, it at the same time is a gernerally ethical play that emphasizes the importance of good will between fellow people.

Okay, did that sound a bit too abstract? Sorry, I had to do it, because although we’ve heard this a million times, there’s a reason that Christmas is associated with the practices of gift-giving and good social cheer, and much of that is due to the popularity of Dickens’  story. there’s an absolutely wonderful piece on it by NPR that aired last night in New Hampshire, the mentions of its historical import following ion the tail of a one-man reading of an abridged stage version. Read by Jonathan Winters, it’s really an amazing rendition, and it’s worth a cup of egg-nog, a fire, and a quiet post-celebratory 26th of December. Download the audio version of Charles Dickens’  A Christmas Carol  from NPR here.

Productions of A Christmas Carol  are going on all across the country from DC to Chicago to San Francisco, and StubHub has the tickets to the sold-out shows. For tickets to this classic show both before, during, and after Christmas, go to StubHub’s listing of Chrismas Carol shows of readings and dramatic productions, where Dickens enthusiasts buy and sell last-minute tickets.