Christmas time! That man must be a misanthrope indeed, in whose breast…

Charles Dickens
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Christmas time! That man must be a misanthrope indeed, in whose breast something like a jovial feeling is not roused - in whose mind some pleasant associations are not awakened - by the recurrence of Christmas. ✨ Charles Dickens (1839). Sketches by Boz, p.172
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Christmas time! That man must be a misanthrope indeed, in whose breast something like a jovial feeling is not roused - in whose mind some pleasant associations are not awakened - by the recurrence of Christmas. ✨ Charles Dickens (1839). Sketches by Boz, p.172

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