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A Christmas Carol:

Well I think most of us know the premise of this of this masterpiece. It really is a masterpiece the writing is beautiful and flowery but it still manages to be easy to read especially for a classic. The passion Dicken’s has about Christmas makes me so happy!

I may have seen one to many or the film adaptations before reading this book for the first time, but it didn’t make it any less special. Truly a beautiful piece of writing. This will now be a yearly read for me for sure!

The Haunted Man and The Ghosts Bargain:

As with all Dicken’s stories, the writing is beautiful. There are parts of this story we can all relate too, in particular the line ‘when they fantastically mocked the shapes of household objects, making the nurse an ogress, the rocking-hose a monster� I am sure we have all experiences this in our lives. Dicken’s is the master of emotion, he expressed himself so well and he can produce and stir our own emotions and flashbacks to our younger selves.

However, this story ends up being very repetitive which makes it confusing at times, the story seems to bounce around a lot before ending with its final point. It’s message is that good and evil must coincide and the past cannot be changed only learned from.

The Christmas Tree:

This one is short and sweet, it describes the joys of Christmas and nostalgia.

Christmas Goblins:

This is like a little teaser to what is to come with A Christmas Carol. Its bizarre, fantastical and strange but it doesn’t give much more than that.

What Christmas is as we grow older:

This is more of a philosophical piece, about what it is to be alive and what it is to accept death. It’s all about keeping Christmas in our hearts. It talks of lose and thinking of those we have lost and who we have to leave behind in the end. It is quite whimsical but it has a nice message. A beautiful little Christmas story, not as happy as others but important.