Barnes & Noble shared an interesting history behind Dickens’s A Christmas Carol.

Since its publication, A Christmas Carol has been adapted into countless plays, films, and television productions. But many scholars believe it also fundamentally changed the way we view the holiday season. In a few short pages, Dickens managed to create a vision of old-fashioned good cheer and secular morality. But what’s most remarkable about the story is what it leaves out.

Read on for the full story!