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.

The Enniscorthy Christmas Carol, which has been recorded by artists such as Julie Andrews and Alison Krauss, originated in Co Wexford over 100 years ago Aileen Lambert outside St Aidan's Cathedral ...

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A few years after writing the story, Charles Dickens shortened it so he could present it as an evening's entertainment. With that briefer text in hand, and the support of colleagues at CBC radio ...