“A Christmas Carol” Articles

These stories of redeeming transformation are ultimately stories of uprooting, as their characters are inaugurated into a new life.

These memories could make holidays without my daughter miserable. But the opposite is true. Remembrance makes Christmas all the more precious.

Few of us moderns know the origins of Dickens’ contagious Christmas Spirit, the joyful and perhaps mythic spring from which he created A Christmas Carol.

By opening himself and giving to others, Ebenezer Scrooge is living a more robust life himself.

Just as Scrooge re-evaluates his life and actions when he comes face-to-face with his tombstone, so too does the tradition of memento mori ask us to evaluate our lives in light of eternity.

In this year’s final issue of Christ and Pop Culture Magazine, our authors look to classic Christmas tales, newer interpretations of favorite stories, and unlikely holiday viewing choices to remind us of the intangible truths wrapped up in our Christmas traditions.