The Very Name of Christmas

The long-awaited epilogue to Charles Dickens's immortal tale, A Christmas Carol:

It is a gray and bitter winter evening in Queen Victoria's London. Dr. Tim Cratchit stands near the resting place of his beloved mentor, Ebenezer Scrooge. Tim owes his health, his medical education and his current life to his "Uncle" Ebenezer. Exhausted, cold and grieving, Tim turns toward his lodgings. "This isn't the end of Uncle Ebenezer's good works for the poor children of the city," he whispers out loud. "...