A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings: A Christmas Carol, A Christmas Tree, What Christmas is as we Grow Older, The Poor Relation\'s Story, The Child\'s Story, The Schoolboy\'s Story, Nobody\'s Story.
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Scrooge is established within the first stave (chapter) as a greedy and stingy businessman who has no place in his life for kindness, compassion, charity, or benevolence.
The tale begins on Christmas Eve seven years after the death of Ebenezer Scrooge\'s business partner Jacob Marley.
A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings: A Christmas Carol, A Christmas Tree, What Christmas is as we Grow Older, The Poor Relation\'s Story, The Child\'s Story, The Schoolboy\'s Story, Nobody\'s Story