1、主角
吝啬鬼克鲁奇，他积攒了很多钱，然而他却不舍得为职员的炉火加一块儿煤，他的侄子好意的邀请他参加圣诞夜的晚会，他却认为侄子是为了占他的便宜而推辞，社会活动者请他为穷人施舍一点圣诞的饭菜，也被他无情地断然拒绝。
Scrooge, he saved a lot of money, but he was not willing to add a piece of coal to the staff's fire.
His nephew kindly invited him to the Christmas Eve party, but he thought his nephew refused to take advantage of him.
Social activists asked him to give some Christmas food to the poor, which was ruthlessly and categorically rejected by him.
2、故事内容
富有而冷漠无情，连乞丐都不愿向他讨要的自私透顶的吝啬鬼斯克鲁奇在圣诞夜被三个圣诞精灵造访：“过去之灵”、“现在之灵”、“未来之灵”。
“过去之灵” 让他看到在孤单寂寞的童年生活中，他的姐姐对他倍加关爱的情景，以及他当学徒时，仁慈善良的老板菲茨威格在圣诞之夜和大家一起开心跳舞，款待员工的情形。
于是他的心开始被软化，后悔自己对待雇员的态度，也对自己从一个贫穷却快乐的年轻人变成一个富有却失去亲情的老板感到懊悔。
“现在之灵”带他到他的一个属下家里的圣诞聚会上，那是一个拿着可怜薪水的小职员，没有圣诞礼物，没有火鸡，可每个人脸上都洋溢着幸福的微笑。
“未来之灵”让他看到在他衰老之后病卧在床, 连圣诞节也没有亲人朋友来看望的孤苦景象。
于是，他开始重新思考生活的意义，才发现原来施与比接受更快乐。
Scrooge, a selfish miser who is rich and indifferent, and even beggars don't want to beg him, was visited by three Christmas elves on Christmas Eve: "the spirit of the past", "the spirit of the present" and "the spirit of the future".
"Spirit of the past" showed him how his sister loved him in his lonely childhood, and how kind-hearted boss fitzweig danced happily with everyone and entertained employees on Christmas Eve when he was an apprentice.
So his heart began to soften, regretting his attitude towards employees, and regretting that he had changed from a poor but happy young man to a rich but lost family boss.
The spirit of the present took him to a Christmas party at one of his subordinates' homes. It was a small clerk with a poor salary. There were no Christmas gifts or turkeys, but everyone's face was filled with a happy smile.
"The spirit of the future" showed him the lonely scene that he was lying in bed after his aging and had no relatives or friends to visit at Christmas.
So he began to rethink the meaning of life and found that giving is happier than receiving.
