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After the enormous success of A Christmas Carol, the public clamoured for a Christmas story from Charles Dickens every year, so it became an annual tradition. He included these in the Christmas issue of his weekly magazine, Household Words: A Weekly Journal (1850-1858).
By 1850, after The Haunted Man And The Ghost's Bargain (1848), Dickens had abandoned the Christmas books, although he continued his tradition of writing the annual story at Christmas which his public demanded. These were similar but shorter stories, which he published in his new magazine All the Year Round (1859-1867).
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Here is a list of the pieces which Charles Dickens published in his magazine at the end of each year. After he had written 5 annual novellas, these essays, stories and collaborative works are what he offered his public.
The list is in order of publication, with a link to our group read of it. It is an ongoing list 😊 Each year's current reads have an asterisk.
*A Christmas Tree (1850) essay 2025
19-27 Dec - 1st short group read for 2025-6 led by Petra
What Christmas Is as We Grow Older (1851) - essay 2022 led by Kathleen
*The Poor Relations Story (1852) short story
29 Dec - 2nd Jan - 2nd short group read for 2025-6 led by Petra
*The Child's Story (1852) to link
4th - 6th Jan - 3rd short group read for 2025-6 led by Petra
*The Schoolboys Story (1853) to link
8th - 13th Jan - 4th short group read 2025-6 led by Petra
Nobody's Story (1853)
The Seven Poor Travellers (1854)
The Holly-Tree Inn (1855) complete collaboration 2021 led by Robin
The Wreck of the Golden Mary (1856) complete collaboration 2021 led by Petra
The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices (1857) long short story 2020 led by Ashley
The Perils of Certain English Prisoners (1857)
Going Into Society (1858)
The Haunted House (1859)
A Message from the Sea (1860) complete collaboration 2021 led by Sara
Tom Tiddler's Ground (1861)
Somebody's Luggage (1862) complete collaboration 2023 led by Plateresca
Mrs Lirriper (1863)
Doctor Marigold (1866) Dickens' parts only led by France-Andrée
Mugby Junction (1866)
No Thoroughfare (1867)
Each title here is a link to that story, although not necessarily to the complete edition with all the collaborations. The next link is to our group read of the piece, with the year when we read it.