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we're off to examine that particular feature of charles dickens next. ourse, dickens is really famous for "the christmas carol," isn't it? it changed the way we celebrate christmas in so many countries hooper it is. >> this is a first edition. this is a copy that charles dickens gave to his best friend, john forster. "christmas carol" was written in autumn of 1843. we know dickens writing to a friend describes how he was walking about 15 miles a night composing that book. and it's become really the most famous sort of urban fairy tale. there are a lot of things in today's society that are very, very similar to the time when dickens was writing his great works. >> so still the tale of two cities. the west being more affluent of london and the east being the less affluent areas of london. it's still like that today. >> even more obvious is the divide between the wealthy and the poverty in the west, the sort of very fine table. and then in the east, a very poor family. and i'm afraid sitting in that room, that's a coffin. the theme that dickens covers in hi
we're off to examine that particular feature of charles dickens next. ourse, dickens is really famous for "the christmas carol," isn't it? it changed the way we celebrate christmas in so many countries hooper it is. >> this is a first edition. this is a copy that charles dickens gave to his best friend, john forster. "christmas carol" was written in autumn of 1843. we know dickens writing to a friend describes how he was walking about 15 miles a night composing that...
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as charles dickens who i quote add few moments ago said so well if a "christmas carol," god bless us timeless
as charles dickens who i quote add few moments ago said so well if a "christmas carol," god bless us timeless
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charles dickens. we were living, he said, in the best of times and the worst of times.true today. the world is full of peril and promise. too many people live in the shadow of want and tyranny. christmas reminds us all children are special. they are gifts from god, gifts beyond price that mean more than any presents money can buy. in love and laughter and hopes for future is the true meaning of christmas. in a spirit of gratitude for what we can achieve in the past year, looking forward to all we hope to achieve in the years ahead, nancy and i want to wish you all the best. of holiday seasons. as charles dickens as i quoted a moment ago in a christmas carol, god bless us everyone. good night. >> sean: a
charles dickens. we were living, he said, in the best of times and the worst of times.true today. the world is full of peril and promise. too many people live in the shadow of want and tyranny. christmas reminds us all children are special. they are gifts from god, gifts beyond price that mean more than any presents money can buy. in love and laughter and hopes for future is the true meaning of christmas. in a spirit of gratitude for what we can achieve in the past year, looking forward to all...
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>> i would say a christmas carol by charles dickens and actually charles dickens wrote a lot about christmas pick it up. something about england christmastime. 19th century christmas. i felt like when i went to england when i was 18, i thought this is the place christmas happens. a way in hearing all of those stories as a kid made me think that is the original place christmas happened and i think dickens captures that? >> have you spent christmas in england? >> i have not. >> you have to put it on your list to see if it compares to the way it's written about. >> but he was a tight fisted hand at the grindstone. scrooge. a squeezing wrenching old sinner. hard and sharp as flint from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire. secret and self-campaigned and solitariy as an oyster. the cold in him froze him and stiffened his gait and eyes red and thin lips blue and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice. a fosty rhyme on his head and eyebrows and wiry children. he carried his own low temperature. always about with him. he iced his office in the dog days and didn't thaw it one degree at c
>> i would say a christmas carol by charles dickens and actually charles dickens wrote a lot about christmas pick it up. something about england christmastime. 19th century christmas. i felt like when i went to england when i was 18, i thought this is the place christmas happens. a way in hearing all of those stories as a kid made me think that is the original place christmas happened and i think dickens captures that? >> have you spent christmas in england? >> i have not....
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now, you wonder, well, charles dickens, he is in england. why didn't it catch on in england? the word merry also means tipsy or drunk. and the thinking is that has prevented it from catching on. >> was that dickens true manying? >> well. >> they didn't get around to asking him. >> merry also there means tipsy or drunk. now, one final note, some people point to the clement moore poem, the night before christmas as having originated the phrase merry christmas because that was published before a christmas carol and many people refer to the final line, merry christmas to all and to all a good night. however, moore wrote the line as happy christmas to all and to all a good night. it has been changed to merry christmas in many published versions due to the popularity of merry christmas in america. >> wow! >> i don't think he would be happy with that change. >> isn't that cool? i want to say when we do these, we go to all kind of sources. the best source for this one was wikipedia. i don't generally use wikipedia as a super reliable source buttic peed i can't has a great explanation
now, you wonder, well, charles dickens, he is in england. why didn't it catch on in england? the word merry also means tipsy or drunk. and the thinking is that has prevented it from catching on. >> was that dickens true manying? >> well. >> they didn't get around to asking him. >> merry also there means tipsy or drunk. now, one final note, some people point to the clement moore poem, the night before christmas as having originated the phrase merry christmas because that...
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. >>> and on this day in 1843, the charles dickens classic "a christmas carol" was first published in england. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. actress rooney mara talks about her role in one of the most anticipated films of the year, "the girl with the dragon tattoo." and shaggy performs live with a jamaican twist on a holiday classic. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com
. >>> and on this day in 1843, the charles dickens classic "a christmas carol" was first published in england. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. actress rooney mara talks about her role in one...
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>> i would say "a christmas carol" by charles dickens. you know, he was an amazing writer.e's something about england at christmas time. i feel like when i finally went to dplaengland when i was 18, i thought, oh, this is the place where christmas happened. hearing those stories as a kid made me fantasize and think that was the original place christmas happened and i think dickens captures that. >> have you actually spent christmas in england? >> i have not. >> you should put that on your list and see if it compares. >> oh, but he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, scrooge. a squeezing, wrenching, covetous old sinner. hard and sharp as flint from which no steel had ever struck out a generous fire. secret and self-contained and solitary as an oyster. the cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheeks, stiffened his gait, made his eyes red, his thin lips blue, and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice. a frosty rhyme was on his head and his eyebrows and his wiry chin. he carried his own low temperature, always about with him.
>> i would say "a christmas carol" by charles dickens. you know, he was an amazing writer.e's something about england at christmas time. i feel like when i finally went to dplaengland when i was 18, i thought, oh, this is the place where christmas happened. hearing those stories as a kid made me fantasize and think that was the original place christmas happened and i think dickens captures that. >> have you actually spent christmas in england? >> i have not. >>...
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>> he has this almost like charles dickens idea of like children who should be cleaning, you know, schools going to orphanages. it's like this david copperfield notion of, like, social policy that just seems totally outmoded and his national policy -- national security policy comes from or son scott karr. >> i get what you're saying on all of that. >> or rirks it's funny. >> it is funny. it is funny to a certain point. but the other side of it is, is that by asking these questions, making these points, and, look, some of it is out there for sure. it causes a discussion about issues as bill noted that we otherwise are not paying attention to and not talking about. we do have a problem not necessarily with the working poor but with the very poor in this country. and how those children are treated, how in many cases they are abandoned. and so society has a responsibility to respond to that. maybe not in creating an orphanage but i think the idea -- >> generous. >> but that was a period of our history though. we did have orphanages. but my point is it causes -- it causes, you know, if nothing
>> he has this almost like charles dickens idea of like children who should be cleaning, you know, schools going to orphanages. it's like this david copperfield notion of, like, social policy that just seems totally outmoded and his national policy -- national security policy comes from or son scott karr. >> i get what you're saying on all of that. >> or rirks it's funny. >> it is funny. it is funny to a certain point. but the other side of it is, is that by asking these...
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charles dickens is famously cinematic. everyone who writes about dickens says the same boring thing and i am saying it now. when you read a dickens novel you can see it and many of the movies are wonderful. like great expectations. here is what i far. slipping sideways amended it took me 30 years to realize that the graduate -- it took all of us a long time to realize the wizard of oz -- >> i still haven't realized that. >> think of -- >> always have the same ending. the grail or the which's broomstick, finally almost dead from making the task and the wise man always says the same thing. you already know it. there's no place like home. that is the story of the search for knowledge or of an education. beating out from what you already know. there are myths that keep coming back that make fantastic movies. the red and black -- other books. the devil in the flesh. every time it comes back i think i will get that. here is again. i am not going to think about that. when it comes around again it is always compelling to get close
charles dickens is famously cinematic. everyone who writes about dickens says the same boring thing and i am saying it now. when you read a dickens novel you can see it and many of the movies are wonderful. like great expectations. here is what i far. slipping sideways amended it took me 30 years to realize that the graduate -- it took all of us a long time to realize the wizard of oz -- >> i still haven't realized that. >> think of -- >> always have the same ending. the grail...
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walked into the post office and they looked like they had just stepped off of the theater set of charles dickensstarted to break out in song. and out of the corner of my eye, i saw this scowling angry postal manager rush past me, get in their face and say what do you think you're doing? you're violating our solicitation policy, you need on get out of there right now! there was stunned silence. everybody was just frozen and all of a sudden in unison, everyone in line began booing the postal manager. but that wasn't enough for him. he only got more angry and shamed them until they left and let me tell you, i went up to him and i said will you file a complaint of some kind? i can help with this. they said it won't do any good. he has an agenda. we're going to go where we're welcome and they walked out sadly and everyone in there including some of the other employees were outraged by it. >> the thing about it is that apparently carolers have gone into this post office and done the singing for years. there's never, ever been a problem. here's what the post office said defending the manager's decision
walked into the post office and they looked like they had just stepped off of the theater set of charles dickensstarted to break out in song. and out of the corner of my eye, i saw this scowling angry postal manager rush past me, get in their face and say what do you think you're doing? you're violating our solicitation policy, you need on get out of there right now! there was stunned silence. everybody was just frozen and all of a sudden in unison, everyone in line began booing the postal...