Nora’s Dickens Village is bustling with holiday activity ... the older models from miniature figurine retailer Department 56. She picked up pieces on the couple’s travels, and, of course ...

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The pieces on display come from the Dickens’ Department 56 collection and Moran estimates she has about $5,000 tied up in it. She doesn’t plan to add to the village and said she’s told ...

In a news conference Thursday, city officials didn’t say what would happen to the light show or Dickens Village, which has been running for nearly four decades. Instead, the focus was on plans to ...

The village will transform into the Victorian era with many attendees dressed in period costumes for the 28th annual Charles Dickens Festival. "It’s immense. We have street characters.

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Image: Old Vic Since 2017, Waterloo's Old Vic theatre has staged Jack Thorne's (writer of Harry Potter and The Cursed Child) version of the Dickens Christmas parable, which comes loaded with all ...

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Cozy up with a warm drink and dive into festive novels this December. From Sophie Kinsella's humorous "Christmas Shopaholic" ...

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But A Christmas Carol is where Dickens created this long-lasting tradition that many cultures worldwide celebrate. Known for his attention-grabbing first lines, in A Christmas Carol, Dickens ...