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Title: A New Christmas Carol
Review: This is a Christmas story in the same vein as Dickens' Christmas Carol; in fact, the comparisons are quite striking. We have a Scrooge/Krank who decides that there is little value to the traditional Christmas celebration replete with extra expense and frivolous celebration. We have Marley's ghost/the daughter who "visits" the main character and reminds him of the reason for the season. We have a rallying of good will from friends, neighbors, and strangers that brings the novel to its happy conclusion that sometimes the best holidays are ones that herald the unexpected and still retain familiar elements. I liked the book. It is leisure reading, but so was Dickens. Lighten up!
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