While giving to the needy wasn’t a new concept at Christmas time, Dickens’ book inspired many people- especially the nouveau riche of the industrial revolution- to dramatically increase their generosity. And everyone knows what you mean if you refer to someone as a “Scrooge.” A Christmas Carol is largely responsible for the Anglo-American tradition of holiday charityīritish newspapers in 1844 attributed a spike in Christmastime charitable donations to the popularity of Dickens’ novella. “Bah humbug” and “Merry Christmas” weren’t unknown before A Christmas Carol, but the book brought them front and center in popular usage. The story popularized several phrases Many holiday greetings were made popular by the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge. Within four weeks, there were no fewer than eight competing versions of the story playing the London stages. On 5 February, the first staged version opened in London. The first stage adaptation appeared less than two months after the book was published He would reprise the performance 126 more times before his death in 1870. In 1852, Charles Dickens gave the first public reading of A Christmas Carol. Dickens gave public readings of the book Charles Dickes became famous for reading his stories in public. Two more editions were printed before the end of the year- one week later. The first edition- priced at 5 shillings (about $30)- went on sale Decemand was sold out by Christmas. A Christmas Carol was self-publishedīecause his previous book didn’t sell well, Dickens couldn’t find a publisher for A Christmas Carol. A Christmas Carol is merely the best-known today (and by far the most popular in his lifetime). A Christmas Carol wasn’t Dickens’ first Christmas story A Christmas Carol was published in 1843, but was not Dickens' first Christmas Story.ĭickens published more than a dozen Christmas tales between 18.
Get ready for the Holidays and be inspired by six facts you may not know about this timeless, Christmas tale.
Victorian Christmas celebrations were significantly influenced by Charles Dickens’ book, but the story itself only came into being because the English public had become more interested in Christmas over the previous 30-40 years. Did you know that A Christmas Carol and many Christmas traditions have a chicken-and-egg relationship?
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