Ebenezer Scrooge: [his death date appears on the stone; his death date comes; tries to move, but gets stuck, then slowly sinks in; nearly falls in and holds onto a branch and looks down at the coffin, ...

“I have endeavored in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humor with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt ...

NEW YORK — As the Christmas fixture that sold out its initial printing in five days and has since been retold in more than 100 film adaptations celebrates its 180th anniversary this month, one New ...

Mr. Rosenblatt is an author of memoirs, novels and meditations, the most recent of which is “A Steinway on the Beach: Wounds and Other Blessings.” Since its publication in December 1843, “A Christmas ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Popping up once a year, works like “A Christmas Carol,” “Amahl and the Night Visitors” and “It’s a Wonderful Life” help us gauge where we are in our lives. “A Christmas Carol” ...