Dickens was no doubt dedicated to social justice and Fabian socialism, and his stories were littered with hopelessly insufferable little waif characters like Tiny Tim to garner sympathy for his Marxist agenda.
Contrary to Dickens misguided notions, good capitalists like Scrooge did not "hoard" their money but regularly invested it in real estate, the railway building boom at the time, as well as commodities like tea or cotton which further spawned the industrial revolution.
The ultimate problem with
A Christmas Carol is the mistaken notion that redemption can be bought by sending a prize turkey to the Cratchit family – a sure path to eternal damnation. Do not let your Christian family view this vile story.
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For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Not of works, lest any man should boast.
- Ephesians 2:8-9
In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8,9
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Praise Jesus!