1.0The Educated Imaginationhttps://macblog.mcmaster.ca/fryeblogJoseph Adamsonhttps://macblog.mcmaster.ca/fryeblog/author/adamsonj/Frye on Christmas (December 1947) - The Educated Imaginationrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="s00kR2WF0A"><a href="https://macblog.mcmaster.ca/fryeblog/2012/12/22/frye-on-christmas-1947/">Frye on Christmas (December 1947)</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://macblog.mcmaster.ca/fryeblog/2012/12/22/frye-on-christmas-1947/embed/#?secret=s00kR2WF0A" width="600" height="338" title="“Frye on Christmas (December 1947)” — The Educated Imagination" data-secret="s00kR2WF0A" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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[First edition of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” December 1843] Frye on Christmas, from the Canadian Forum, 1947. Notice the question mark. MERRY CHRISTMAS? A passage in the Christmas Carol describes how Scrooge saw the air filled with fettered spirits, whose punishment it was to see the misery of others and to be unable to help. […]https://macblog.mcmaster.ca/fryeblog/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2012/12/250px-Charles_Dickens-A_Christmas_Carol-Title_page-First_edition_18431.jpg250207