Week 1: Christmas in ‘A Christmas Carol’ Flashcards
“Every idiot …. should …. pudding.”
“Every idiot who goes about with a ‘Merry Christmas’ on his lips should be boiled in his own pudding.”
Scrooge, Stave 1
“What’s Christmas….. without money….. hour richer.”
“What’s Christmas time to you but a time for paying bills without money; a time for finding yourself a year older and not an hour richer.”
Scrooge, Stave 1
“I have always…… as a good time….. pleasant time.”
“I have always thought of Christmas time … as a good time: a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time.”
Fred, Stave 1
“The only time… consent to open…. freely.”
“The only time I know of … when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely.”
Fred, Stave 1
“I believe …will do me …..bless it!”
“I believe it has done me good, and will do me good; and I say, God bless it!”
Fred, Stave 1
“Keep it!’ ……don’t keep it!”
“Keep it!’ repeated Scrooge’s nephew. ‘But you don’t keep it!”
Fred, Stave 1
“There sat a …… glowing torch, …..Plenty’s horn.”
“There sat a jolly Giant…who bore a glowing torch, in shape not unlike Plenty’s horn.”
Narrator on GOC Present, Stave 3
“But ….. happy, grateful, ……with the time.”
“But they were happy, grateful, pleased with one another, and contented with the time.”
Narrator on Cratchits, Stave 3
“Brave in…… sixpence.”
“Brave in ribbons, which are cheap and make a goodly show for sixpence.”
Narrator on Mrs Cratchit, Stave 3
“I will honour…… heart.
“I will honour Christmas in my heart.”
Scrooge, Stave 4
