Charles Dickens is synonymous with Christmas, for me at least but I’m sure to many people too and that’s probably because of his masterpiece, A Christmas Carol. When I think of this eminent and distinguished author, images of a bygone Christmas are conjured up in my mind. The story of A Christmas Carol symbolises everything that Christmas should and shouldn’t be from greed and excess very much evident today, to hope and dreams of a better life. It’s about family,…