Christmas in 'A Christmas Carol': Context, Quotations, and Analysis

Welcome to the twenty-first video in my "'A Christmas Carol' GCSE English Literature Revision" series! In this video, I focus on the theme of Christmas and how Dickens uses it in his story.

In order to focus on the theme of Christmas in Dickens's classic tale, I first provide some super essential information about pre-Victorian and emerging Victorian Christmas traditions, look at and analyse LOADS of quotations, and then also provide a summary, bonus question, additional ideas, and links to further videos to watch and websites to read in my bibliography! You'll definitely want a pen and paper for this video, as there's loads of useful ideas that will help you with your revision.

Bibliography (read this for even more useful contextual information!):
- BBC, 'History of Christmas', http://www.bbc.co.uk/victorianchristm...
- BBC Bitesize, 'The theme of Christmas in A Christmas Carol', https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides...
- Ben Johnson, 'A Victorian Christmas', HISTORIC UK DOT COM, https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK...
- Geoffrey Rowell, 'Dickens and the Construction of Christmas', HISTORY TODAY, https://www.historytoday.com/archive/...
- Judith Flanders, 'Victorian Christmas', THE BRITISH LIBRARY, https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victo...
- Victoria and Albert Museum, 'Victorian Christmas traditions', https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/victor...
- Victorian Children dot org, 'Victorian Christmas', https://victorianchildren.org/victori...

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