A Christmas Carol

"There's the saucepan that the gruel was in!" cried Scrooge, starting off again, and going round the fire-place. "There's the door, by which the Ghost of Jacob Marley entered! There's the corner where the Ghost of Christmas Present, sat! There's the window where I saw the wandering Spirits! It's all right, it's all true, it all happened. Ha ha ha!"

I really enjoyed this little book.  Even though the story was so familiar from watching so many movie versions I still found that reading it felt like a novelty.  A perfect, heart-warming, nostalgic Christmas story.  It was cliched, and soppy and cutesy but somehow still beautiful and effective. I think I will be re-reading this again for future Christmases.  Although perhaps once a decade or so will be often enough.