He warned haters ’not to be a Scrooge.' Mr Stonier added: ‘Please let is enjoy Christmas in our way. Don't judge us! ‘Let the lights brighten up all of our lives. ‘People stop by and ...

Scott Hutcheson teaches leadership at Purdue University. In Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge begrudgingly grants his loyal clerk, Bob Cratchit, time off for Christmas ...

Local historian Roger Smith said it was "widely accepted" Scrooge was based on James "Jemmy" Wood, who owned a bank on Westgate Street. Mr Smith said Dickens knew of Jemmy but never actually met him.

The mood darkens though when Cratchit suggests they toast Mr Scrooge as the 'founder of the feast' and Mrs Cratchit replies that only on Christmas Day should such an 'odious, stingy, hard ...

A teenager has been arrested in connection with the destruction of a gravestone created for the Charles Dickens character, Ebenezer Scrooge. It was smashed into pieces in November before being ...

They go inside and Scrooge is delighted to find his former boss - Mr Fezziwig. Mr Fezziwig is instructing a young Scrooge and his fellow apprentice, Dick, to ready the premises for their annual ...