"Christmas stories" were written by Dickens in the 40s of the XIX century and were published in separate books for Christmas, that is, by the end of December, why they were called "Christmas books" "The Christmas Books"). “Christmas stories” were not accidentally timed to the Christmas holidays . The history of their emergence has a social basis .. "Christmas Tales" was conceived by Dickens as a social sermon in an entertaining art form. Acting through the images and situations of his holiday tales on the emotions of readers, Dickens addressed the sermon to both the “poor” and “rich”, advocating for the improvement of the “poor man’s share” and striving for moral “correction of the rich”. Proceeding to write novels, Dickens, of course, understood that he would not be able to achieve a solution of class contradictions through an appeal to the good-heartedness of the bourgeois capitalists. Significantly different. Before expressing his moral ideas, Dickens considered it necessary to depict the evil and injustice existing in English bourgeois society. Speaking from the standpoint of humanism, the writer in his Christmas stories exposes the vices of the ruling classes.