... grew up impoverished like his clerk Bob Cratchit. It is really almost a short story, and is a tribute to his memories and as well as to the spirit of Christmas. A Christmas Carol has been a family favorite in my family for many years. Among our other Christmas traditions reading A Christmas Carol out loud has been one ... was on his head, and on his eyebrows, and his wiry chin. He carried his own low temperature always about with him; he iced his office in the dog-days; and didn't thaw it one degree at Christmas. and Scrooge after: Scrooge was better than his word. He did it all, and inf...

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• Grade Level: High School