A Very Merry Discussion of A Christmas Carol

70 Landmark Hill Drive,Brattleboro VT 05301

23 December, 2021

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Come make merry with Everywhere Philosophy as we wassail our way through a joyful discussion of Dickens’ impossibly rich ode to the season. Come make merry with Everywhere Philosophy’s Dr. Mike and Bethany, as we wassail our way through a discussion and partial reading of Dickens’ impossibly rich ode to the season. We’ll do some philosophy, have some seasonal cocktails, and (yep) sing some carols together. Singing is optional, of course, but we bet you will. Gay apparel encouraged. Don it, won't you? In December of 1843, Charles Dickens penned this preface to his widely read A Christmas Carol: “I have endeavored in this ghostly little book to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humor with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it. Their faithful Friend and Servant, C.D.” Dickens’ novella indeed haunts us every year, and is as relevant and well-known today as it was 178 years ago. Much of its perennial relevance owes to the fact that A Christmas Carol tracks themes which are so close and familiar that they are recognizable to everyone, at every age. Economic Inequality, Death, Regret, Redemption, Hope More than simply being a feel-good, seasonal tale, Dickens’ little book poses many, many big questions – some on the surface, some beneath – which extend well beyond its modest, 100-odd pages.