The Christmas Spirit Flashcards
What is Christmas presented as?
a time when people “open their shut-up hearts freely”
What does Fred refer to Christmas as?
“kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time”
What do the charity collectors refer to Christmas as a time when … are felt?
“Want is keenly felt, Abundance rejoices”
How does Scrooge show the importance of Christmas during Fred’s speech in Stave 1?
Bob applauds him
Why is it “good to be children sometimes”?
because Christmas’ “might Founder was a child himself”
What is Scrooge referred to during Fred’s Christmas party?
the “Ogre of the family” and his name casts “a dark shadow” on the party
How does Scrooge promise to honour Christmas?
to “try to keep it all the year”
How does the Ghost of Christmas Past show that the lessons need to be learnt for all the year?
carries a winter holly, but wears a dress “trimmed with summer flowers”
What are the two children of “mankind’s”?
How do they show that the spirit of Christmas should be honoured all year round?
- Ignorance and Want
- a reminder that the problems in society still exist once Christmas is over
What contextual link does Christmas tie in to?
religion - being a good christian
