Videos The Origins of A Christmas Carol Scott Admin posted on 4 weeks ago — updated on 1 second ago 33 views Michael Slater explains the background to Charles Dickens's novel, A Christmas Carol, reveals his reasons for writing it and discusses its monumental success. Filmed at the Charles Dickens Museum, London. history christmas Scrooge Charles Dickens london Charles Dickens Museum Scott Follow Author, educator, musician, dancer and all around creative type. Founder of "The Happy Now" website and the online jewelry store "Silver and Sage". What's your reaction? 0 AWESOME! 0 NICE 0 LOVED 0 LOL 0 FUNNY 0 FAIL! 0 OMG! 0 EW!