Holiday family film THE GHOSTS OF DICKENS' PAST dramatizes the inspiration behind one of the most beloved Christmas fables of all time. In Victorian-era England, an aspiring writer named Charles Dickens (Christopher Heyerdahl) struggles to earn a living while coveting material wealth, fame, and success. Dickens comes to question his own self-absorption when he is visited by a little girl who reminds him of the horrors of child labor, debtors' prison, and other social injustices--and inspires him to write the timeless classic A CHRISTMAS CAROL.