Most people know and love A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickins, and it is indeed a great and moving Christmas story. However, this is a collection of three of Dickens holiday tales. The Chimes follows an old man who wakes up to find himself dead near New Years and his daughter alone. The Cricket on the Hearth is a little bit more of a mess with more characters, centering around the miser Tackleton as he tries to make everyone's lives horrible around the holidays. The Cricket was definitely my least favorite, but all of these establish clear themes such as be kind, the poor are often disregarded by society, and Christmas is a time for new beginnings. If you are looking to sit down with some truly remarkable and moving Christmas stories, I would recommend all three of these novellas.