<p>'Marley was dead to begin with.' So begins one of the best-loved and famous Christmas stories that has been filmed, inspired musicals, and plays, and still entertains with a timeless story of transformation from meanness to generosity and kindness. A sensational success when it was published, 'A Christmas Caro'l was written by Charles Dickens. Dickens wrote tirelessly to expose the terrible wrongs inflicted on children, and workers in Victoria...