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Christmas with Charles Dickens
You're Dead to Me
Dickens' Christmases
Charles Dickens' childhood was not, for the deprivation, he had toys. And also, in the immortal words of the song, baby, it was cold outside because we're talking here about a mini ice age. The River Thames froze in February of 1814 and London celebrated its final Thames frost fair that year. So there's no likely left an impression on him as lots of his Christmas stories later include that kind of extremely cold weather.
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