Christmas

•  "the only time… when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers…." Stave 1
• "There was nothing very cheerful in the climate or the town and yet there was an air of cheerfulness abroad that the clearest summer air and brightest summer sun might have endeavoured to diffuse in vain." Stave 3
• "And every man on board… had a kinder word for one another on that day than on any day in the year…" stave 3
• 'A merry Christmas, uncle! God save you!' cried a cheerful voice" stave 1
• "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." Stave 3
• 'a good time: a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time' stave 1
• 'wonderful party, wonderful games, wonderful unanimity, wonderful happiness' stave 5
• 'and so, as tiny tim observed, God bless us, every one!' stave 5
• 'external heat and cold had little influence on scrooge, no warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him' stave 1