Day 24: Listen to a “Christmas Carol” Story!
Welcome to the final episode of the Advent podcast! It is a VICTORIOUS feeling to know that we learned so much together in the past 24 days! Thank you so much for listening!
I was thinking about how to conclude this series and I came up with a perfect solution- I will read you a short version of the most famous Christmas story in anglophone culture called „A Christmas Carol“ written by Charles Dickens. It is a very beautiful story so I hope you will enjoy it.
Everyone was excited that Christmas was just around the corner. All the children were singing and dancing happily. Everyone except Mr. Scrooge. He shouted at the children and told them not to make any noise. He was a very mean and money-minded man. All he cared about was money.
It was a Christmas Eve. Suddenly, the ghost of Christmas past appeared in front of Mr. Scrooge. The ghost took him to the past and pointed to a little boy – it was a child version of Scrooge, reading a book alone. When he was small, his parents left him all alone. He thought to himself that he was always alone every Christmas. He could not take that anymore. And in a while, everything went away just as Scrooge yelled.
Afterward, the ghost of Christmas present appeared from the window of Mr. Scrooge. He had come to show him the happiness of Christmas. The ghost took Scrooge to a poor family’s house. They both looked inside from the window. There was no special meal on the table, but everybody looked very happy. They all were singing and dancing happily. Mr. Scrooge thought, „How can they be so happy when they are so poor?“ The ghost of the present replied, „It’s Christmas!“
The next day, the ghost of Christmas future appeared. Scrooge and the ghost arrived at a funeral. Some people were standing in front of a grave. They all were criticizing the person lying in it. „I knew this would happen“, one of them said. „What’s the use of having so much money, anyway?“ a lady said.
Another man said, „No one is coming to pay respects to the terrible Scrooge!“ That is when Scrooge realized that it was his funeral and that no one came to it.
The ghost made him realize that he didn’t care about anyone except for himself. He begged in front of the ghost and said, „Please, give me a chance to change my future!“ But the ghost disappeared.
Christmas morning had finally arrived. He promised himself that from now on, he would help people and would take care of them. He invited everyone for a Christmas party at his house with presents for all. Each one of them was in shock. That night, everyone went to the greatest Christmas party.
Since then, Scrooge has become the most loved man in town.
And that is the end! I took the story from a website that you will find in the notes but I changed some words and added something here and there. Don’t forget that it is a short version so feel free to listen to the original one. I will link a video of the original version in the notes.
I wish you the most beautiful Christmas and thank you so much that you took the time to listen to my stories.
Enjoy the holidays and you will hear me again in the year 2024.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Bye bye!
Source:
Sharma, Shreya. „A Christmas Carol Summary.“ Bedtimeshortstories, 2 Nov. 2021, www.bedtimeshortstories.com/a-christmas-carol-summary.