WASHINGTON, Dec. 16, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:
A DICKENSIAN TALE
Profile America — Friday, December 16th. One of the most familiar and cherished Christmas stories has been around a long time — 173 years in fact. Tomorrow marks the anniversary of the 1843 publication of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," with sales starting on December 19. The first print run of 6,000 copies sold out in a week and the book has never been out of print. The tale about the reformation of Ebenezer Scrooge and his "Bah, humbug!" dismissal of the Christmas season became a solid holiday tradition over the years in the U.S. The story has been told on radio, on stage, in school programs, in the movies, and on television. It's a safe bet that "A Christmas Carol" will be aired this holiday season on many of the nation's 2,148 television broadcasting establishments. You can find more facts about America's people, places and economy, from the American Community Survey, at www.census.gov.
Sources:
Publication/accessed 10/5/2016: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-christmas-carol-is-published
Sales/accessed 10/5/2016: http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2009/dec/22/christmas-carol-flop-dickens
TV broadcasting firms/NAICS 51512: http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/BP/2014/00A1//naics~51512
Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media and Promotion of the U.S. Census Bureau. Statistics and accounts drawn from cited non-Census sources are employed for illustrative or narrative purposes, and are not attested to by the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Audio" in the "Library" pull-down menu).
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SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau
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