As we approach Christmas, we are again bombarded with the usual Christmas stories. For the children there is “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer,” finding his niche as a directional signal, or “The Night Before Christmas,” enkindling the excitement of Old St. Nick.

For the adults there is George Bailey discovering “It’s a Wonderful Life” (“To my big brother George, the richest man in town.”) and, of course, there is the timeless favorite, Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” in which Mr. Scrooge will be visited by the three spirits of Christmas – past, present and future.

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