Book Review : A Charles Dickens Christmas by Charles Dickens

Format : E-book Pages : 100 Genre : Short stories / Christmas Tales

The Chimes : A Goblin Story

Summary : A short story dealing with Toby Veck and his relationship with talking church bells .

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The Cricket on the Hearth : A fairy tale of Home

Summary : A singing competition between a cricket and a kettle .

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The Batle of Life : A Love Story

Summary : A story of a family living on an old battlefield .

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The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain

Summary : Damn these Swidgers talk a lot . Oh and there’s ghosts .

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Review : A collection of Christmas themed short stories by Charles Dickens himself , pretty cool ! The man has a way of describing the most mundane things in the world in a hauntingly poetic way making everything seem more important . He plays with your expectations in a creative fashion though I do think some of the dialogue goes on too long in some of the stories . Overall , I’d recommend it for your collections .

Recommendations : Books

  1. Letters from Father Christmas by J.R.R. Tolkien
  2. King of Christmas Town by Hercules West
  3. Carnaki , the Ghost Finder by William Hope Hodgson
  4. Twilight Eyes by Dean Koontz
  5. Curse by Leigh Kenny
  6. Wagner , The Wehr-Wolf by George W.M. Reynold
  7. Halloween Party by R.L. Stine
  8. Elsewhere by William Peter Blatty
  9. Dark Water by Koji Suzuki
  10. Violin by Anne Rice

Songs

  1. Ghostas – Michael Jackson
  2. Little Drummer Boy – Bing Crosby
  3. Monkey – George Michael
  4. Broken Dreams – Shaman’s Harvest
  5. Halls of Illusions – Insane Clown Posse
  6. Steven – Alice Cooper
  7. Live and Let Die – Paul McCartney and the Wings
  8. You Gave Me a Mountain – Elvis Presley
  9. My Immortal – Evanescence
  10. Monster Mash – Bobby Pickett

Movies

  1. Carved : The Slit-Mouthed woman (2007)
  2. A Christmas Carol (1984)
  3. Krampus (2015)
  4. Gremlins (1984)
  5. The Polar Express (2004)
  6. Black Christmas (2006)
  7. Jack Frost (1997)
  8. Santa Claus is Comin to Town (1970)
  9. Frosty the Snowman (1969)
  10. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (1964)

Lesson : Be grateful for what you have .

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