Charles Dickens’ Christmas Carol is a universal holiday classic. But there’s an interesting back story with a business slant to its origins in this short article about “Why Charles Dickens’ Wrote a Christmas Carol.”   

The “story of the story” has also been made into a delightful and fun movie starring Dan Stevens of “Downton Abbey” fame as the young Charles Dickens. Check out the trailer for: “The Man Who Invented Christmas”.