happiness

• "Once upon a time..."

  1. Convinces the reader that there will be a happy ending
  2. shows the relation to a fairytale
  3. has a mroal message.
• "open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers to the grave."

  1. During Christmas, everyone treats everyone equally even if they aren't as wealthy or stable as others.
  2. community value, compassion => didactic message.
• A man "went down a slide on Cornhill...as hard as he could pelt, to play ta blindman's-buff"

  1. When this grown man finished work, he runs straight down the slide 20 times in honour of Christmas Eve and ran home to not miss out on games.
  2. Contrast to what Scrooge does after he finishes working.