The magic of Christmas blends with the magic of art, evoking the spirit of Charles Dickens' works in the heart of Tempio Pausania with the installation “A Candy Carol” , conceived and designed by Manuel Marotto and created by ColorArt & Asara Art as part of the initiative “Tempio a Colori 2024 - Xmas is a place”.

All accompanied by the text of Luana Giannotti , who signs the presentation of the work created specifically for Christmas 2024 and much appreciated not only by children, protagonists of the stories of the famous British writer of the Victorian age.

«A Candy Carol (A Tale of Sweetness). Dickens' Gift. A delicate poem spreads among the candy colors that paint the Piazza di Tempio Pausania dedicated to Fabrizio De André. A Candy Carol, the fairytale installation that enchants and enraptures children and adults, is a tribute to the British novelist Charles Dickens who, in December 1843, published one of the most beloved literary classics of all time: A Christmas Carol. Defined by a recent film as the man who invented Christmas, the writer, thirty-one at the time, was inspired by the widespread poverty of many English families and the unjust living conditions of the little ones to represent the value and authentic meaning of Christmas. The redemption and metamorphosis of Scrooge, the miserly protagonist with a heart of stone in the short novel, pass through compassion, generosity and care for the less fortunate. This soft island of sweetness and joy wants to be a caress and a gift of lightheartedness for the little ones and a modest tribute to the sensitivity of an extraordinary pen that has stimulated the imagination, generosity and hope of an incalculable number of young readers for almost two centuries of history".