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- From: Jon Loux <JLOUX@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU>
- Subject: Re: Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.
- In-Reply-To: Message of Fri,
- 18 Dec 1992 15:16:00 MST from <SKLEPZI@SSB1.SAFF.U TAH.EDU>
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- >an exact quote, but it's close] "the next best-known Christmas character
- >after Father Christmas himself" is ... yes, Ebenezer Scrooge.
-
- Actually, he's a more fitting figure for Christmas than many others I've
- seen. I just finished reading A Christmas Carol to my daughter last night
- so the exploits and spiritualization of old Ebenizer is fresh in my mind.
-
- He was a man who was embittered and hostile toward the world.
-
- Is defense against it was to surround himself by a wall of money. For
- some today, that defense takes the form of alcohol, drugs, email, etc.
-
- He was visited by three spirits, representing the memory of hurts (Christmas
- Past), a soul searching of where those led him (Christmas Present) and
- the realization of where it will ultimately deliver him (Christmas Future).
- The result of this hard inward look was repentence. Repentence and a change
- of heart, will and action.
-
- Not entirely a bad image for Christmas.
-
- Jon.
-