'Every idiot who goes about with "Merry Christmas" on his lips should be boiled with his own pudding and buried with a stake of holly through his heart.' - Scrooge.
'"Are there no prisons?" asked Scrooge'
'Bah ... Humbug!' - Scrooge.
'If they would rather die,' said Scrooge 'they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.'"
Summary
Scrooge is a rich but very mean business man who hates Christmas. He argues with his nephew about the meaning of Christmas and rejects his friendship. He refuses to give money to a charity that helps the poor. He is visited by the ghost of his work partner, Jacob Marley, who warns him of what will happen after his death if he does not change.
Why does Scrooge's nephew visit him?
To wish him a Merry Christmas and invite him to come over to his house for dinner on Christmas day and celebrate with him, even though he invites Scrooge every year and he never comes.
Why do the two gentlemen visit Scrooge?
To ask him to donate some money to their charity which will help the poor to get what they need to be comfortable at Christmas.
Who was Marley and what is the result of his behaviour when he was alive?
Marley was Scrooges business partner and he was selfish and greedy for money in his life. This meant he has to wonder the earth in purgatory whilst carrying heavy chains and money boxes as punishment for all of his sins.
What was the purpose of the spirits visiting Scrooge?
In order to help him to change his ways to become a better person so he wouldn't have the same fate as Marley.
