short Christmas stories What Christmas is as we Grow Older By Charles Dickens Listen to the story What Christmas is as We Grow Older Time was, with most of us, when Christmas Day encircling all our limited world like a magic ring, left nothing out for us to miss or seek; bound together all our home enjoyments, affections, and hopes; grouped everything and everyone around the Christmas fire; and made the little picture shine in our bright young eyes, complete. The time came, perhaps, all so soon, when our thoughts over-leaped that narrow boundary; when there was someone (very dear, we thought then, very beautiful, and absolutely perfect) wanting to the fulness of our happiness; when we were wanting to (or we thought so, which…