stave 3A
CHRISTMAS
stave 3B “
“ the walls and ceiling were so hung with living
g
green, that it looked a perfect grove from every part
of which, bright gleaming berries glistened. The
crisp leaves of holly, mistletoe, and ivy reflected
back the light, ”
“ opened its, capacious palm, and floated on,
outpouring, with a generous hand, its bright and
harmless mirth on everything within its reach! ”
“
“ turkeys, geese, game, poultry, brawn, great joints h
of meat, … seething bowls of punch, that made h
the chamber dim with their delicious steam ”
“ ‘It should be on Christmas Day, I am sure… on
which one drink the health of such an odious,
“ there was nothing very cheerful in the climate or stingy, hard, unfeeling man as Mr. Scrooge.’ ”
the town, and yet there was an air of cheerfulness
abroad that the clearest summer air and brightest
summer sun might have endeavoured to diffuse in
vain ”
SOCIAL JUSTICE & POV
stave 3A stave 3B
“Mrs. Cratchit … dressed out, but poorly in a twice- “
“ the smooth white sheet of snow upon the roofs, turned gown, but brave in ribbons, which are cheap and b
and with the dirtier snow upon the ground;” make a goodly show for sixpence ” b
“ ‘Well! Never mind so long as you are come,’ said
Mrs. Cratchit. ‘Sit ye down before the fire, my dear,
and have a warm, Lord, bless ye!’ ” “ ‘H
goo
it.’ ”
“ ‘There is some up on this earth of yours, … who lay
claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion,
pride, ill-will, hatred, envy, bigotry, and selfishness in
our name, who are strange to us and all our kith and
kin, as if they had never lived. ’” “ ‘Will you decide what men shall live, what men
shall die? It may be, but in the sight of heaven, you
are more worthless and less fit to live than millions
like this poor man’s child. Oh God! To hear the
insect on the leaf, pronouncing on the too much life
among his hungry, brothers in the dust!’ ”
stave 3A
REDEMPTION
CHRISTMAS
stave 3B “
“ the walls and ceiling were so hung with living
g
green, that it looked a perfect grove from every part
of which, bright gleaming berries glistened. The
crisp leaves of holly, mistletoe, and ivy reflected
back the light, ”
“ opened its, capacious palm, and floated on,
outpouring, with a generous hand, its bright and
harmless mirth on everything within its reach! ”
“
“ turkeys, geese, game, poultry, brawn, great joints h
of meat, … seething bowls of punch, that made h
the chamber dim with their delicious steam ”
“ ‘It should be on Christmas Day, I am sure… on
which one drink the health of such an odious,
“ there was nothing very cheerful in the climate or stingy, hard, unfeeling man as Mr. Scrooge.’ ”
the town, and yet there was an air of cheerfulness
abroad that the clearest summer air and brightest
summer sun might have endeavoured to diffuse in
vain ”
SOCIAL JUSTICE & POV
stave 3A stave 3B
“Mrs. Cratchit … dressed out, but poorly in a twice- “
“ the smooth white sheet of snow upon the roofs, turned gown, but brave in ribbons, which are cheap and b
and with the dirtier snow upon the ground;” make a goodly show for sixpence ” b
“ ‘Well! Never mind so long as you are come,’ said
Mrs. Cratchit. ‘Sit ye down before the fire, my dear,
and have a warm, Lord, bless ye!’ ” “ ‘H
goo
it.’ ”
“ ‘There is some up on this earth of yours, … who lay
claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion,
pride, ill-will, hatred, envy, bigotry, and selfishness in
our name, who are strange to us and all our kith and
kin, as if they had never lived. ’” “ ‘Will you decide what men shall live, what men
shall die? It may be, but in the sight of heaven, you
are more worthless and less fit to live than millions
like this poor man’s child. Oh God! To hear the
insect on the leaf, pronouncing on the too much life
among his hungry, brothers in the dust!’ ”
stave 3A
REDEMPTION
