Poem of the week: Down on the canal on Christmas Day by Chris McCabe A melancholy December vision in Liverpool invokes a Dickensian ghost with more worldly but still warm realism The Guardian - UK · Dec 22, 2025
Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol review – humbug hoedown Parton’s music is as warming as ever but a snowfall of schmaltz and minimal menace make this Dickens adaptation sickly sweet The Guardian - UK · Dec 14, 2022