"Merry Christmas!" was popularized in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, the familiar tale of Scrooge, a heartless, penny-pinching rich businessman bereft of Christmas spirit. Scrooge sees the error of his ways when, on Christmas Eve, he is haunted by the ghost of his former partner, Jacob Marley, who sends the spirits of Christmases past, present, and future to show Scrooge both the origins and future consequences of his cramped soul. The experience changes Scrooge for the better, and he celeb
"Merry Christmas!" was popularized in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, the familiar tale of Scrooge, a heartless, penny-pinching rich businessman bereft of Christmas spirit. Scrooge sees the error of his ways when, on Christmas Eve, he is haunted by the ghost of his former partner, Jacob Marley, who sends the spirits of Christmases past, present, and future to show Scrooge both the origins and future consequences of his cramped soul. The experience changes Scrooge for the better, and he celeb…
