"Think of Christmas and sooner or later you're bound to think of Charles Dickens who's credited with increasing the holiday's popularity not least of all with his 1843 novella A Christmas Carol. The book, which tells the story of miser Ebenezer Scrooge who is forced to become more charitable when he's visited by ghosts, inspired Victorians to celebrate Christmas, which, as a holiday, had been in decline."
"Deputy director at the museum, Emma Harper said: "Dickens loved Christmas. He loved a party, so that's one element of it. "He liked the feasting and the playing of games with his friends and family. "But he was also really concerned about what he considered... the root of Christmas time which is charity and this was really behind his writing of a Christmas Carol.""
Charles Dickens' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol portrays miser Ebenezer Scrooge becoming charitable after ghostly visits. The book helped revive Christmas traditions among Victorians when the holiday had been in decline. Dickens and his family celebrated the festive season enthusiastically with feasting, games and gatherings. Dickens lived at 48 Doughty Street from 1837 to 1839, finishing The Pickwick Papers and writing Nicholas Nickleby and Oliver Twist; the house is now the Dickens Museum in its centenary year. Dickens wrote in response to Victorian social conditions and the poor laws, emphasizing charity for the poorest.
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