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Christmas Literature Across Time From Dickens to Moore
A survey of Christmas literature highlights Dickens A Christmas Carol and its enduring influence on theater film and readers. It notes poems by Tennyson Browning and Milton, Moore s Visit of St Nicholas for American children, Alcott s Little Women and Andersen s Little Match Girl and The Fir Tree, plus Porter s The Gift of the Magi. It closes with a beloved Sun editorial Is there a Santa Claus and a devotional poem by Naomi Osborne about Jesus as a guiding friend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Charles Dickens
Scrooge
Tiny Tim
St. Nicholas
Denmark
Hans Christian Andersen
Young Inquirer
The
New York Sun
Virginia O’hanlon
Santa Claus