Oh, a wonderful pudding! Bob Cratchit said, and calmly too, that he regarded it as the greatest success achieved by Mrs. Cratchit since their marriage. Mrs. Cratchit said that now the weight was off her mind, she would confess she had had her doubts about the quantity of flour. Everybody had something to say about it, but nobody said or thought it was at all a small pudding for a large family. It would have been flat heresy to do so. Any Cratchit would have blushed to hint at such a thing. – A Christmas Carol
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This list of A Christmas Carol characters includes Ebenezer Scrooge, Fezziwig, the Cratchit family, Jacob Marley, Belle, Fred, three Christmas ghosts and more.
How long did it take Dickens to write A Christmas Carol? Why did Dickens describe Marley being as dead a door-nail? Learn the answers to these questions and more on the Christmas Carol Trivia page.
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Imagine that you have a very crabby uncle. One day he says he saw ghosts. Not one ghost, but four ghosts. Now he's a changed man. What would you do? You might very well take your uncle to a psychologist.
A Christmas Carol was published in 1843. The book is as popular today as it was over 175 years ago. Dickens, through the voice of Scrooge, continues to urge us to honor Christmas in our hearts and to keep the season in mind all the year round.