Did you know that the way people celebrate Christmas today is directly influenced by the success of the classic novella by Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol? No? Then pull up a chair and grab a hot ...

Leda Hoffmann, artistic director of The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio, said the company strives to stage works that are timely ...

Charles Dickens’ legendary A Christmas Carol has been put on film many times — but for some, there’s no version quite like the 1984 made-for-TV version, which starred George C. Scott as ...

Ford's Theatre Director Paul R. Tetreault today announced the Ford's Theatre 2025-2026 season, featuring the world premiere of Chess Jakobs's The American Five, from The Ford's Theatre Legacy ...

Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol to raise awareness of some of the problems in Victorian society. He thought that many of these problems could be solved if people were kinder to each other.

Parsimonious Victorian money-lender Ebenezer Scrooge, a hated misanthrope stubbornly refusing to believe in Christmas and share his inexhaustible wealth, can't be bothered with the destitute ...

The song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol. From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England were not permitted to practice their faith openly.

Poland really loves its Christmas carols. And there are thousands of them. One even nearly became the national anthem. Here’s a quick look at the history of the genre and its most popular examples. 80 ...

HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Kate Middleton is keeping up a new Christmas tradition! On Friday, the Princess of Wales stepped out at Westminster Abbey for the third annual holiday carol concert.