A tale of spirits, choices and Christmas.
Would it not be wonderful if one were to be visited by a spirit, when one were on the verge of choosing the wrong path?
Ebenezer Scrooge, one of the meanest misers of England, must have appreciated it. To be on the verge of not being able to return, forever condemned to be a spirit not in the underworld, neither in the sky high above, but always to hover on Earth, not living nor dying - merely existing.
Being, not a human being, but a spirit. The fate which Jacob Marley, the partner of Mr Scrooge, has suffered.
So when on the night of Christmas Eve, the spirit of Marley visits Ebenezer Scrooge, Scrooge learns of his chance to change.
A spirit of Past, Present and Yet To Come.
Not always will our Past, Present and doing Yet To Come be well met, but meet them we must, if we are to learn of our mistakes and wrongdoings.
Charles Dickens does a capital job, writing a story which, at the time, might not has seemed as much, though through the years has proven to be a splendid work of literature, and moreover whose language, composition, plot and characters weave together a brilliant narrative of Christmas, never seen the like.