December 15th

A Classic Tale for a Festive Season

A Christmas Carol never truly went out of fashion. In fact, Penny's father gifted her a rare (not exactly a first edition but a proper paper and leather bound) copy of this book. She adored it from the very beginning. It became quite a tradition around about the festive period.

She carried it everywhere, reading it in bed, by the fire. Any time she had the chance to put her feet up.

Sadly, the pages became very fragile and brittle, so her father put it away in the library vault, in a carefully monitored climate to prevent it from crumbling and ripping even further.

That didn't stop Penny however. She downloaded it to read at her own leisure. Yes, she watched the old movies, remakes, variations etc.

But they never truly came close to the original story.

With practice, she even managed to start it on the 15th and finish it just before the stroke of midnight, Christmas Eve, when the visitation of Jacob Marley appeared to Ebenezer Scrooge.