I love Charles Dickens. I remember reading Great Expectations in the sixth grade with an enthusiasm I usually saved for the stack of comic books that lined the bottom of my closet.

Maybe that's why I love this time of year, too. I've always associated the holidays with Dickens – and the Victorian era in general, albeit an admittedly romanticized view of an otherwise harsh time.

So it's with that more calloused perspective I read the latest retirement headlines and couldn't help but think of Dickens' own fate.

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