A Christmas Carol For 1862
"A Christmas Carol For 1862" is a poem that frames the Christmas story as a desperate plea for salvation in a world gripped by hunger, war, and despair. MacDonald paints a bleak winter landscape where children cry, men fall in bloody conflict across the sea, and even the righteous are held back by complacency. Each stanza calls on the Christ child to be born again into a suffering world — bringing work, justice, and an end to hatred.
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