Dickens at Christmas

<p>It is said that Charles Dickens invented Christmas, and within these pages you'll certainly find all the elements of a quintessential traditional Christmas brought to vivid life: snowy rooftops, gleaming shop windows, steaming bowls of punch, plum puddings like speckled cannon balls, sage and onion stuffing, miracles, magic, charity and goodwill. <br /><br />This Vintage Classics edition gathers together not only Dickens' <em>Christmas Books</em> ('A Christmas Carol', 'The Chimes', 'The Battle of Life','The Cricket on the Hearth' and 'The Haunted Man') but also stories that Dickens wrote for the special seasonal editions of his periodicals <em>All the Year Round</em> and <em>Household Words</em>, and a festive tale from <em>The Pickwick Papers</em>.</p>