Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is, of course, most often thought of as a Christmas story, but as Patrick Vincent, a member of our MODG community, wisely points out in a recently published essay, the lessons Scrooge learns are particularly fitting to the season of Advent. Read  "The Eternal Relevance of Scrooge" here! 

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"Marley's Ghost". Original First Edition 1843 illustration by John Leech. Public Domain.