The tale begins on Christmas Eve seven years after the death of Ebenezer Scrooges business partner Jacob Marley. Scrooge is established within the first stave chapter as a greedy and stingy businessman who has no place in his life for kindness compassion charity or benevolence. After being warned by Marleys ghost to change his ways Scrooge is visited by three additional ghosts each in its turn who accompany him to various scenes with the hope of achieving his transformation. The first of the spi