Rating: 5 stars
Cover synopsis: "Bah!" said Scrooge. "Humbug!" With those famous words unfolds a tale that renews the joy and caring that are Christmas.
When I was a kid, my grandma gave me a nice copy of this book -- bound in red leather with gold trim, beautiful illustrations on the crisp pages, published in 1938. And after reading the Dickens biography "The Man Who Invented Christmas," I felt compelled to pull this volume off the shelf.
And I'm glad I did. I've read this book perhaps 5 times before, but it meant so much more to me now that I have a family of my own. Christmas has always held a special grip on my heart. I love the sounds, the sights, the smells...and reading Dicken's rendition of Christmas always gets me excited. I can hear, I can see, I can smell the celebrations leaping off the page, whether it's Fezziwig's ball, Scrooge's nephew's dinner party, or the humble gathering at the Cratchit home.
This book IS Christmas.
