Christmas a humbug, uncle!" said Scrooge's nephew. "You don't mean that, I am sure?"
"I do," said Scrooge. "Merry Christmas! What right have you to be merry? what reason have you to be merry? You're poor enough.

“Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also f…”

“It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas when th…”

“He went to the church, and walked about the streets, and watched the people hur…”

“He was nothing to me and I could have had no foresight then, that he ever would…”