From WSJopinion: For Charles Dickens, life as an orphan wasn’t a piteous lot, writes Richard B. McKenzie. Christmas in my orphanage, and many others, was a magical time. I have the memories to prove it.
Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Jason Riley and Dan Henninger. Images: Getty Images Composite: Mark KellyWith the magnificent “A Christmas Carol,” “Oliver Twist” and other works, Charles Dickens exposed the plight of poor children as well as orphans. His many readers might think that Christmas was particularly dreary in 19th- and even 20th-century orphanages. My experience in an orphanage near Statesville, N.C.
Christmas at my orphanage began the week before Thanksgiving. All 225 girls and boys, ranging in age from 2 to 18, gathered in our cottages to write to Santa Claus. There were rules for those letters. We could list three suggestions for a gift that Santa would leave under our cottage tree on Christmas. Each gift could cost no more than $10 , which we considered generous.
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