by Raj Kumar
First published 2020
Ebenezer Scrooge sits alone in his counting house on Christmas Eve, dismissing his nephew's dinner invitation and grudging his clerk Bob Cratchit a day off. The bitter miser cares only for money and scorns Christmas as foolish sentiment. That night, the ghost of his dead business partner Jacob Marley appears in chains, warning Scrooge that three spirits will visit him. The Ghost of Christmas Past shows him his lonely childhood and lost love. The Ghost of Christmas Present reveals the joy he missing, including the Cratchit family's modest celebration and their ailing son Tiny Tim. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come presents a terrifying vision of his own death, unmourned and forgotten. Each supernatural encounter strips away another layer of Scrooge's hardened heart. He awakens on Christmas morning transformed, rushing to embrace the nephew he had rejected and secretly helping the Cratchits. The story captures Scrooge's journey from isolation to connection, from greed to generosity.
Genres: fiction, classic-literature, christmas, 19th-century
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, thought-provoking
Tropes: ghosts, redemption-arc
Period: Christmas Eve
89 pages · Paperback · Independently published