Christmas Mouse Too!

Visit from Saint Nicholas: And Santa Mouse, Too! by Clement Mouse

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Read several times this year for the holidays. :)



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Christmas Stories

Unbeknownst to much of the American population, Charles Dickens wrote several other stories that take place around the Christmas and New Year's holidays. I made my way through these during my recent flights to O'Hare and back.

Only recommended for true Dickens fans. There is a reason that Dickens' other Christmas Stories are not as well known - they're just not as well put together. Too much sentiment and "Do unto others..." is crammed into them without the great plot devices of A Christmas Carol - and not as much Christmas. I just didn't like them that well - and I really like Dickens. These are not an example of his best work.

Christmas Carol

I can hardly believe it (since I've read quite a few of Charles Dickens' novels) that I hadn't read A Christmas Carol before. Reading through, though, I was amazed at how true to the text of the novella many of the movies are! (I watched one on TMC a couple weeks ago and even the dialog was almost word-for-word).

Must read - even though most of us in the U.S. know this story, it's such a classic that it's a shame not everyone's read it. It's short, so there's no excuse!