{"id":1568,"date":"2021-12-22T10:59:19","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T15:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simplyemilyrose.com\/?p=1568"},"modified":"2021-12-22T10:59:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T15:59:22","slug":"a-christmas-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplyemilyrose.com\/?p=1568","title":{"rendered":"A Christmas Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>     Hello! Today on Reading Wednesday I&#8217;ll be recommending a Christmas Classic I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve all heard of: <em>A<\/em> <em>Christmas Carol<\/em>. Let&#8217;s get started!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/simplyemilyrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1DB4F1E0-1DBC-4348-A3CC-5FEA94DFF82B-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simplyemilyrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1DB4F1E0-1DBC-4348-A3CC-5FEA94DFF82B-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/simplyemilyrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1DB4F1E0-1DBC-4348-A3CC-5FEA94DFF82B-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/simplyemilyrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1DB4F1E0-1DBC-4348-A3CC-5FEA94DFF82B.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>     Now as I said before, I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve all heard of <em>A Christmas Carol<\/em>. You may have even read it already. My copy of the book contains another story, <em>The<\/em> <em>Cricket on the Hearth<\/em>, and <em>The Chimes<\/em>, a New Year&#8217;s Eve story. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>     In the past, I have recommended other <a href=\"https:\/\/simplyemilyrose.com\/?p=662\">books<\/a> by Charles Dickens. I admire his writing style, and enjoy reading most of his books. <em>A Christmas Carol<\/em>, fo obvious reasons, is the perfect book to curl up with on a cold day in December. It&#8217;s short enough to almost be read in one sitting, and features all sorts of cozy references to Christmas. Of course, no summary would be complete without a reference to the books protagonist, Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge. He is the miserly old man who has no use for Christmas (or the poor, for that matter) until a wild, ghostly Christmas Eve night changes his outlook. I enjoyed reading this book, and I believe you would as well!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>     A word on the other two books: <em>The Chimes<\/em>, as I mentioned previously, is a New Year&#8217;s Eve story. It to features a night that changes the main character&#8217;s thinking. It does not have the same feeling as <em>A Christmas Carol<\/em>, however. It&#8217;s goblins and ghosts (and storyline) are far more&#8230;unsettling. It eventually comes right in the end, however. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>     <em>The Cricket on the Hearth<\/em> is called a fairy tale of home, which it is indeed. The story is amusing, and is a more lighthearted story to read after wading through <em>The Chimes<\/em>. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>     <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where to find A Christmas Classic: A Christmas Carol<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>     I&#8217;ll leave a link to all three stories<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/christmas-carol-the-chimes-the-cricket-on-the-hearth-charles-dickens\/1100623364?ean=9781593080334\"> here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>     Well, that all for now! I hope you have a very, Merry Christmas! (I&#8217;m not planning on posting again until Sunday, the 26th.) See you then! ~ Emily<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello! Today on Reading Wednesday I&#8217;ll be recommending a Christmas Classic I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve all heard of: A Christmas Carol. Let&#8217;s get started! Now as I said before, I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve all heard of A Christmas Carol. You may have even read it already. 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