A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens

[Whitney @ First Impressions Reviews]

Ebenezer Scrooge is a wealthy, successful business man, but he is also a humbug, only participating in actions that could benefit himself. On the eve before Christmas, Scrooge is visited by his old business partner, Bob Marley who has been dead seven years. Bob Marley, is dressed in chains to symbolize the decay in society that he created in life. He forewarns Ebenezer that this too will be his fate if he does not change his ways. Later that night, he is visited by three spirits who through time give him a change of heart.

I'm embarrassed to say that I had not read this short story since middle school and had forgotten how magical and uplifting it is. It was so refreshing to see the transformation and various levels of change of spirit that Ebenezer Scrooge goes though. Tiny Tim is so adorable and heartwarming with his "God bless us, everyone." that you cannot help saying awwww. Charles Dicken's A Christmas Carol is a well known holiday story with it's message being universal, be kind and generous towards others, essentially following the Golden Rule.