Santa Claus, one of the orginal good guys, toymaker, world traveler, rewarder of good behavior. Ho, Ho, Ho, checking his list twice, beard of white, suit of red, the whole twas the night before Christmas. Santa has always been portrayed… Read More ›
Christmas
Cheer
At Christmas play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year. Thomas Tusser Thomas Tusser (c. 1524 – 3 May 1580) was an English poet and farmer, best known for his instructional poem Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry,… Read More ›
You’re A Mean One
Christmas has two all-time great recognized villains, Ebenezer Scrooge and Mr. Grinch. Of the two, the Grinch has the least amount of coverage. Dicken’s villain, Scrooge has forty-three (at last count) different movie versions of A Christmas Carol. Whereas the… Read More ›
The Christmas Carol(s)
The Charles Dickens short novella, A Christmas Carol, is only 31,096 words, which took the author ninety minutes to read during performances. Dickens took about 6 weeks to write it and it is probably his most well-known work due to… Read More ›