Scrooge's Final Christmas?
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MsELLERYqueen2 — 9 years ago(December 25, 2016 12:21 AM)
I think that the Ghost of Christmas Future was trying to show Scrooge that he would die soon (of a stroke or heart attack) if he kept working himself to death & treating everyone so poorly. When Scrooge changed his ways, he added years to his life, and also to the life of Tiny Tim.
Jim Hutton (1934-79) & Ellery Queen = -
orrdaniel398 — 9 years ago(December 28, 2016 11:29 AM)
I never thought of that before but it makes sense. Keeping his house and office freezing cold because he didn't want to waste money on coal must have been bad for his health. Combined with the stress from working constantly, not eating well or getting enough sleep was probably driving him into an early grave.
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xstitchmum — 9 years ago(December 26, 2016 04:09 PM)
The book clearly says he had a cold in his head and that is why the pot of gruel was prepared and waiting for him when he got home. I have always believed it may have turned quickly into pneumonia and he would have died that night had he not changed his ways.