Long ago Christmases were a magical time. Our eyes opened in wonder with the lights and gifts around the Christmas tree; we sat on the floor around Granny as she made the Nativity crib and we helped her by giving her figure after piece until the last one, the shining star that she put on the stable’s roof. Then she would tell us, year after year, how Jesus was born and how he was visited by three kings with gifts, …
Tag: Charles Dickens
When I was a child, I was fascinated by Charles Dickens’ A Christmas carol. At first, still very young, I was terrified of Scrooge and the ghosts, then I was interested and later, much later, in my turn reading it to my children, it made me ponder on the reasons why Christmas stirs such strong emotions in most of us; I cannot think of one person who is indifferent to Christmas – they either love this season, or hate it. …
