68 “A Christmas Dinner” by Charles Dickens
December 20, 2011 
From Christmas 2011: Mr. Dickens loved Christmas. He wrote about it a lot. And he’s credited with creating the modern Christmas. Today, an essay he wrote when he was just 23, where you can see some of the themes that would come out in his later, more famous work. Find more episodes and ways to get in touch at MyChristmasStocking.net. We’re also on Twitter.com/XmasStocking, Facebook, and Google+. Email: TopElf at MyChristmasStocking.net.
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Featured music:
“O Come All Ye Faithful” by 21 AD from “Christmas… A Winter’s Love”
Background music:
“Für Elise” by Lenny Marcus from “The Jazz of Beethoven”
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“Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” by The London Fox Players from “Christmas – Lounge Jazz” (Classic Fox Records)
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“God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” and “Coventry Carol” by Michael Ryan from “A Classical Guitar Christmas”
“Snowfall” by Bill Cunliffe, Clay Jenkins, Larry Koonse, Joe La Barbera, Tom Warrington from “Snowfall” (Jazz Compass)
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