Happy holidays to all our Friday fiction fans! I hope you had an enjoyable Thanksgiving with food, family, friends, and fun. But we’re moving on toward Christmas and I thought I’d share my favorite all-time speculative Christmas book: A Christmas Carol.

I’ve always been a big fan of Dickens’ works and, to me, this is a fabulous story. It’s whimsical, speculative, full of fantasy and wonder, and contains a life lesson to boot. What more could you ask for in a Christmas classic? And for an added benefit, the one I share below is only $1.99 on Kindle 🙂

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“A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas”, commonly known as “A Christmas Carol”, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech.

A Christmas Carol recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man.

And for an added bonus, my favorite film version is the one that was released in 1984 starring George C. Scott.

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Jennifer Hallmark

Jennifer Hallmark writes Southern fiction with a twist. Her website and newsletter focus on her books, love of the South, and favorite fiction. She creates stories with unforgettable characters—her stories are a little eerie and otherworldly but with a positive turn. Jessie’s Hope, her first novel, was a Selah Award nominee for First Novel. Her latest novel, Smoking Flax, was released on January 16th, 2024. When she isn’t babysitting, gardening, or exploring the beautiful state of Alabama, you can find her at her desk penning fiction or studying the craft of writing. She also loves reading and streaming fantasy, supernatural stories, and detective fiction from the Golden Age or her favorite subject—time travel.
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4 Comments

Dave on December 3, 2021 at 7:31 am

Thank you, Jennifer.

A Christmas Carol has always been there. Like Pikes Peak.
I have a hard time imagining it was once a first draft.
- Jennifer Hallmark on December 3, 2021 at 10:18 am
  
  I know. It’s such an awesome story 🙂
JPC Allen on December 3, 2021 at 8:27 am

My youngest is reading this in school and really likes it. The teacher sometimes shows them scenes from the 1984 TV-movie, which my sons now wants to watch. He also like Sherlock Holmes mysteries. I think I have a historical fiction fan in my family.
- Jennifer Hallmark on December 3, 2021 at 10:21 am
  
  Sounds like it. I love Sherlock Holmes myself 😊