Ghost of Christmas Past

• Description:

  • 'Bright clear jet of light'
  • 'The tenderest bloom was on the skin'
  • 'It wore a tunic of the purest white'
  • 'Its dress trimmed with summer flowers'
  • 'A branch of fresh green holly'
  • 'Like a child: yet not so like a child like an old man'
  • 'Was white as if with age' (hair)
  • 'Face had not a wrinkle in it'
  • 'Arms were very long and muscular'
• 'Like a child: yet not so like a child as like an old man'- the physical properties resemble the memories of childhood.