Family Activity
by School for Creative Thinkers
by School for Creative Thinkers
Charles Dickens,
A Christmas Carole - what would your story be?
The moral of the story revolves around the character transformation of Ebenezer Scrooge, that the pursuit of money won’t provide happiness and that the time for change is now.
Please send us some photographs or illustrations of your past, present and future Christmas’s.
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The story begins with an odious-spirited, miserly older gentleman called Ebenezer Scrooge, on Christmas Eve. Scrooge’s Clerk, Bob Cratchit, shivers in the anteroom because Scrooge refuses to spend money on heating coals for a fire. Scrooge’s Nephew, Fred pays him a visit and invites him to his annual Christmas party, which he declines. Following this, two portly gentlemen knock and ask Scrooge for a charitable contribution, in which he responds bitterly with his famous phrase “Bah! Humbug!”. |
That evening, Scrooge receives a chilling visitation from the ghost of his dead partner, Jacob Marley. Marley appeared haggard and pallid, his appearance reflecting his unfortunate story.
As punishment for his greedy and self-serving attitude throughout his life, his spirit was condemned to wander the Earth, weighted down with heavy chains. Marley hopes to save Scrooge from the same fate and informs him that three spirits will visit over the next three nights. After Marley disappears, Scrooge falls into a deep sleep. |
He wakes suddenly, moments before the arrival of the Ghost of Christmas Past, a strange childlike phantom. The spirit escorts Scrooge on a journey, viewing past Christmases. Invisible to those he watches, Scrooge revisits his childhood, his apprenticeship with a jolly merchant and his engagement to Belle; a woman who left Scrooge due to his lust for money, which eclipsed his ability to love another. Moved, Scrooge sheds tears of regret and sorrow, before returning to his dark, cold apartment.
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The next visit is from the Ghost of Christmas Present, a majestic giant, draped in a green fur coat. Who takes Scrooge through London, unveiling Christmas, as it is destined to happen that year. Scrooge witnesses the Cratchit family prepare a menial feast in their meagre home. He discovers his Clerk’s disabled son, Tiny Tim, a courageous boy, whose kindness warms Scrooge’s cold heart. The phantom then transports Scrooge to his Nephew’s Christmas party. In which Scrooge witnesses a jovial and delightful gathering, encouraging him to plead with the ghost to stay until the end of the festivities. As the day goes on, the ghost ages and becomes noticeably older and haggard. To end the day, he shows Scrooge two starved children, called Ignorance and Want. He vanishes instantly and Scrooge notices a dark, hooded figure coming towards him: The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.
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The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come leads Scrooge through a sequence of mysterious scenes, relating to an unnamed man’s recent untimely death. Scrooge witnesses businessmen discussing the dead man’s riches, some vagabonds trading his personal effects for cash and a poor couple expressing relief at the death of their unforgiving Creditor. Scrooge anxiously begs to know the name of the dead man. After pleading with the ghost, Scrooge finds himself in a churchyard and learns the dead man was him. He desperately implores the spirit to alter his fate and promises to renounce his insensitive, avaricious ways and to honour Christmas wholeheartedly.
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Before we know it, Scrooge is safely tucked in bed. Overwhelmed by the joy of the chance he has been given to redeem himself and grateful that he returned to Christmas Day, Scrooge rushes out to share his newfound Christmas spirit. He sends a large Christmas turkey to the Cratchit house and attends his nephews party. As the years go by, he honours his promise and Christmas wholeheartedly.
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The moral of the story revolves around the character transformation of Ebenezer Scrooge, that the pursuit of money won’t provide happiness and that the time for change is now.
Please send us some photographs or illustrations of your past, present and future Christmas’s.
office@museumofarchitecture.org
Merry Christmas to all.
Please send us some photographs or illustrations of your past, present and future Christmas’s.
office@museumofarchitecture.org
Merry Christmas to all.
Colouring Activity
For Adults and Children
For Adults and Children
DashR
By Darling Associates
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