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Comparison between A Christmas Carol and A Father Christmas Story
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- Comparison between "A
Christmas Carol" and "A Father Christmas Story"
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- A Father Christmas Story belongs to the same genre as Dicken's
classic, A Christmas Carol. Like Dicken's short novel,
A Father Christmas Story tells a story for and of the
Christmas period. A Father Christmas Story, also like
A Christmas Carol, operates on two levels, for beyond
the festive tales, both novels address deeper issues. In the
case of A Christmas Carol it is the redemption of a single
individual. A Father Christmas Story deals not with the
redemption of an individual (Scrooge), but with that of humanity.
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- Buried within A Christmas
Carol one also sees Dicken's social concerns at play, particularly
at the departure of the Ghost of Christmas Present, when
Scrooge encounters the two children of Man, Ignorance
and Want. Within A Father Christmas Story one also
finds reference to similar social concerns, particularly at the
point where the Earth Spirit reveals to Nicholas, through the
medium of his fire, visions of how the Earth Spirit would have
the world.
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- A Christmas Carol was written against a backcloth of
a declining interest in Christmas and its extinction as a festivity.
In contrast to Dicken's time, Christmas is now well and truly
established and celebrated, but has perhaps moved to the opposite
extreme, where the true meaning of the festivity has been lost.
So, unlike A Christmas Carol, which makes no reference
to the nativity, A Father Christmas Story integrates this
into the story, providing the explanation of how Father Christmas
came to be. Hence the sub-title of the book, "Being a tale
of How Father Christmas Came to Be".
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