The second-in-line for the throne, 11, was all smiles as he listened to Richard E. Grant, 67, do a dramatic reading of a passage from Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” clearly enjoying the ...

Every holiday, we embrace 'A Christmas Carol.' But some of Charles Dickens' other Christmas books were even more popular in ...

Charles King's new book "Every Valley" tells the backstory of "Messiah," a staple of the Christmas season widely considered George Frideric Handel's masterpiece. Then, musicologist Martin Clarke ...

While Christmas carols are sung in church, this hasn t always been the case The new book Deck the Hall by composer Andrew ...

Is Christmas really the saddest day of the year? There’s a whole history of holiday music that explores what it’s like to be ...

The late Liam Gaul, a Wexford historian and author who writes on the traditional Irish music website TheSession.org, details The Wexford Carol’s origins. “Known in County Wexford as the Enniscorthy ...

Doreese Severe was 55 years old when the thought first occurred to her, “I wonder if Santa has a Christmas stocking. And if ...

Some of the oldest Christmas carols were the pop songs of the Victorian age ... pocket sized and with hand-coloured ...

And if so, who fills it?” After having the thought, a melody and words came to mind, and it wasn’t long before she had a ...

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Even though Dickens might not have ‘invented Christmas,’ he deserves his due for reimagining the Christmas spirit.

Everyone knows the classic Christmas tale, A Christmas Carol, written by Charles Dickens, whether from watching one of the ...