"A Christmas Carol is, first and foremost, a ghost story—a genre that never seems to go out of fashion. But what's less easy to account for is how this 19th-century tale has continued to speak to modern readers, offering moral lessons that have only grown more relevant over the decades."
"At its core, it is a story about the forces that exist within all of us: greed and generosity, hatred and love, repentance and forgiveness."
"Scrooge speaks to us because in many ways, he is us. Around 1980, the phrase 'bottom line' wormed its way into the culture as the standard of achievement. To one degree or another, the bottom line has made Scrooges of us all."
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