Merry Christmas!

 Merry Christmas!

(You can't beat John Leech's illustration of Fezziwig's Ball for Christmas spirit)

Harmonious!

Columbia Records had another nice cover for Basil Rathbone's recording of "A Christmas Carol" when they reissued it on the Harmony budget label (1960s?):

Can't beat that first edition John Leech artwork!

Stamps!

Here's a recent set of stamps issued by Isle of Man in November 2020 to commemorate the 150 anniversary of the death of Charles Dickens: 

Can't go wrong with the original John Leech illustrations!

Smoking Bishop!

Here's one of innumerable cheap (I think one shilling was cheap!) editions of "A Christmas Carol" from the 1800s:

I'm presuming it's a knock-off, but it's pretty brazen, even using one of John Leech's illustrations on the cover!

One thing I always thought was interesting about that particular image is that the scene depicted is not actually in the book.

Scrooge tells Bob that they'll discuss his affairs over a Christmas bowl of smoking bishop, which is what they seem to be doing here, but it hadn't happened yet in the book.

And I've always wondered what Scrooge is supposed to be wearing here!

"A Christmas Carol" All-Star Team - Day 3

We continue through Christmas Past as we meet the next character for our All-Star Team: Old Fezziwig!

The sheer joy of Christmas as embodied in Scrooge's old boss has never been captured better than it was right at the beginning with this color plate by John Leech from the first edition of "A Christmas Carol" in 1843:

An easy pick to represent both Fezziwig and the original book!

Merry Christmas!