![]() ![]() ![]() It's understandable, then, that A Christmas Carol has inspired almost countless adaptations, with literally hundreds of versions across theatre, radio, television, opera, and even video games. ![]() It's mostly thanks to him that Christmas became a federal American holiday in 1870. His book was perhaps the most important factor for the ubiquity of the modern Christmas experience, helping ( along with Coca-Cola) to cement now-standard practices like indoor Christmas trees, Christmas cards, caroling, and paid Christmas vacation. When Dickens published A Christmas Carol in 1843, it fundamentally shifted conceptions about the holiday and inspired people of all social classes with the Christmas spirit. A confluence of forces changed all this by 1843- new technologies and factories created affordable presents, labor laws like the 1833 Factory Act gave families time to celebrate, and a middle class grew out of poverty thanks to these trends and other social reforms. By the 1600's, the holiday had died out for a variety of reasons, including the ironic antagonism of Puritans and the extensive poverty and awful working conditions of most people if Christmas existed at all, it was mainly for the rich. ![]() Consider a time when hardly anybody celebrated Christmas. ![]()
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