The Spirits of all three shall live within me.

Best and happiest of all, the

Time before him was his own, to change

his wrong ways!

‘I will live in the past, the present, and

the future!’ Scrooge repeated, as he was

getting out of bed. ‘The Spirits of all three

shall live within me. Oh Jacob Marley! God

bless Heaven and Christmas time for this!

I swear it on my knees, old Jacob, on my

knees!’

He was so happy and so shining with good

intentions that the tears on his cheeks were

now tears of joy. For the first time in a very

long time he looked to the future with hope

in his heart.

‘I don’t know what to do!’ cried Scrooge,

laughing and crying in the same breath. ‘I

am as light as a feather; I am as happy as

an angel; I am as merry as a schoolboy, a

Merry Christmas to everybody! A Happy

New Year to all the World!’

CHARLES DICKENS