circa 1954: English novelist and magazine columnist Monica Dickens (1915 - 1992), reading to her children from 'A Christmas Carol' by her grandfather Charles Dickens. (Photo by Orlando /Three Lions/Getty Images)
circa 1954: English novelist and magazine columnist Monica Dickens (1915 - 1992), reading to her children from 'A Christmas Carol' by her grandfather Charles Dickens. (Photo by Orlando /Three Lions/Getty Images)