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Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserable and greedy old man, who focuses mainly on his business and continues with his greedy ways on Christmas Eve. He is always grumpy and yells at his employees, and most of all at Bob Cratchit. Scrooge’s desire is to be by himself on Christmas Eve, and rejects his nephew Fred’s, invitation for dinner. One night, the ghost of Jacob Marley, a former colleague of Scrooge, who has passed away seven years ago, visits the old man. Marley reminds Scrooge of his cruel lifestyle

Dreams of a White Christmas Without a doubt, Santa Claus is one of America’s, if not the world’s, most iconic figures. A symbol of the secular West’s religion of consumerism, Santa Claus and his twelve reindeer have hijacked the holiday dedicated to the birth of Jesus Christ, and replaced it with the gospel of spending. As both a cultural icon and the patron saint of capitalism, the depiction of Santa Claus in recent years has been seriously debated. While today he is near universally depicted as

Scrooge is a very angry, rude, unfriendly character. Scrooge’s cruel actions to most others are unkind, especially when it’s about Christmas. The bitterness drive in Scrooge against Christmas is very strong. Scrooge also hates things such as love, happiness, generosity, and regards them as irrational until such time that a rightful trio of ghosts came to set him right. Charles Dickens paints him as an old businessman, with a ring of frosty white hair on his head, a pointed nose, red eyes, thin eyebrows

Redemption in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Introduction Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas carol reflecting on the society that he live in the Victoria Era. During the reign of Queen Victoria Britain became one of the most Industrialised countries in European. From Britain Factories, mills, shipyards came products ranging from steam locomotives, to textiles and ship, while coal miners toiled deep below the ground to produce the coal needed to power Britain expanding Industries

The main theme in Stave 1 of A Christmas Carol is greed. Based on what I read in Stave 1, Scrooge is very greedy. He does not like to give to others and is only focused on himself and what he wants and needs. On page 9-10 that Scrooge is not interested in helping others. When the two gentlemen asked if he would like to donate money to help the homeless, Scrooge says that he would not like to. Also, when Scrooge’s nephew asks him if he would like to have Christmas dinner with him and his family, Scrooge

Christmas is all about giving, friends and family gathering, feasting together, with beautiful music, decorations and singing Christmas carols throughout the neighborhood. It is a time of ornaments, red and green decoration, silver bells, holly, mistletoe and colorful lights. They say that it is the season to be jolly, but how did Christmas become such a jolly and most wonderful holiday? Understanding the religious and cultural aspects of the Medieval Christmas, such as the origin of Christmas and

Favorite I enjoy every holiday on the calendar since it means a day off from school. However, the one that stands out the most is Christmas. Christmas is my all-time favorite holiday because of the joy of opening all the beautifully wrapped presents under the Christmas tree, listening to the wonderful, joyous Christmas music, enjoying the exclusive traditional Christmas feast, and the most important of all, the gathering with my father’s side of the family, To begin with, I love to get together with

weather inside and out. 2. Describe the character of Scrooge’s nephew. Scrooge’s nephew is a genuine man and unlike his uncle loves Christmas. He seems to be happy and merry, with an adoring wife. They don’t seem to be particularly wealthy. 3. Summarise the arguments these two men present on both sides of the debate about Christmas. Scrooge’s nephew thinks that Christmas is a time of joy and laughter and believes it should be spent with family and friends. Scrooge on the other hand believes that it

Christian Bible’s events. The United States (US) Virgin Islands observe the day as a public holiday.” (Epiphany in the United States) On this day children, bake cookies and cakes in honor of the Three Wise Men. This day is exactly twelve days after Christmas, another Christian