The Man Who Reinvented Christmas

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Until the mid-19th Century, people did little to celebrate Christmas and businesses didn’t consider it a holiday. Yet by 1900 it was our largest & most popular annual celebration. What changed society’s view of Christmas? The answer may be Charles Dickens and his book, "A Christmas Carol". Historian Kathy Wilson investigates how a novel about social reform transformed Christmas from a date on the church calendar into the holiday we know today. Sponsored by Friends of the James Kennedy Public Library.