A Christmas Carol

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Family

Dickens posits that family is the central root of Christian Christmas ideals. The characters of Bob Cratchit, Fezziwig, Scrooge’s ex-fiancée Belle, and Fred can be said to epitomise this ideal of the united and harmonious familial structure.

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