Neil Gaiman, Charles Dickens, and a Bit of Christmas Cheer

It’s going to be a bit slow here at Summa This, Summa That in the coming days, both because my Christmas travels begins today, and because Christmas with a passel of youngish boys leaves almost no time for blogging (or breathing, really).

But I am not leaving you entirely bereft. Here’s a little Christmasy something to enjoy in my absence: a recording of Neil Gaiman’s performance of Dickens’ beloved “A Christmas Carol,” which he performed last week at the New York Public Library. (The whole recording is fun, but the actual performance begins around the 11:27 mark.)

HT to BrainPickings for bringing this to my attention (along with a lot of fun Dickens and Gaiman minutiae). And HT to Gaiman’s own Tumblr account for the “Gaiman-as-Dickens” image. (Bonus images here).