With Act 1 complete, we have a pretty good idea of who Scrooge is. This week let's see how creative you can get!
Write a letter to Scrooge.
Write a letter to Scrooge.
Your letter should be roughly 4 paragraphs.
- State your main point: Scrooge is missing out in life by being cranky and negative with the people around him.
- State a specific thing that Scrooge is missing out on. To support your point, include a detail from the play or from your experience.
- State another specific thing that Scrooge is missing out on. To support your point, include a detail from the play or from your experience.
- Conclude with a summary or a request that Scrooge change his behavior.
DO NOT FORGET YOUR SALUTATION AND CLOSING SIGNATURE.
POST YOUR LETTER AS A COMMENT TO THIS POST.
Be sure to proofread!
Your letter is due no later than Friday at 5pm!
ReplyDeleteDecember,4 2012
Dear Scrooge,
Why don't you like Christmas? Christmas is really fun. You get presents. You get to be with your family. You give to other people because they probably don't have any family and they don't have anything to get. Do you not like Christmas because you didn't get anything or because you don't find it that important? Probably it is because you did not want to waste your money. Money is something that you get when you work for it but you always have to remember that you can do other stuff with your money like buy presents for family and friends because this means you are being nice. Or you could stay a grumpy old guy and care about the money more than people but this means that you will never have friends or a family. It wasn't nice of you not caring about your girlfriend many years ago and just caring about your money because now look where you are! You are grumpy, old, and unhappy! Merry Christmas Scrooge.
Your friend,
Carlos
Dear Ebanezeer,
ReplyDeleteRemember the old days when you used to have to stay in that horrible school? Remember how horrible that was? Now, remember how jolly you were when fan had come to rescue you from that institution? Now remember old fezziwig, and how he could make you so joyful. Ebaneezer you are just wasting away now because your so miserable all the time. Christmas is a time for joy and love, and you are unpleasant to be around.
Whatever happened to that old girlfriend of yours. You probably lost her due to your obsession with money. You and Jacob were conceited, and only cared about money. You need to stop caring so much about it. Look at bob cratchet he's not the richest fellow but he is happy. He has a family and he try's to stay merry everyday for if he is everyone else would be to. As to you Ebanezeer you need to cheer up and stay positive. A merry Christmas to you Ebanezeer.
Sincerely,
Belle Muller
Dear Scrooge,
ReplyDeleteWhy do you hate Christmas so much? Christmas is a festive fun time of the year that is really what you want to make it. If you make it fun you will have a great festive time of the year. If you spend all of your time working and being grouchy it will be miserable!
If I do recall that your nephew came to visit you the other day. He was trying to invite you to his party on Christmas day that he was very excited for you to come and meet his new wife. But you shoved the door in his face and just told him to go away! After all you probably never even showed up to the wedding. And just to think what your sister Fan did when she got you out of that god awful boarding school. She was probably very sad to see that little act.
Then again you also did shut the door on those nice gentlemen who were trying to raise money for the poor. They were only asking for what ever you can give. I mean really look at poor old Bob Crachit who can barely keep his family running gave to the men! And you on the other hand have more money than you know what to do with. But know you have to get more money you greedy piece of scum!
The bottom line is you have to pick up all the slack and the "humbug"! Your soul is in grave danger if you continue to act greedy,grumpy and rude. Just take a look at your poor dear friend Jacob Marley all boxed and chained up. Now if I am correct he told me the other day that if you continue to act like this your chain will twice as long as his! What I am saying in the time after death if you die like you are now you will choke on all that wait! Scrooge I hope my letter will teach you to become a better person before it is to late.
From your friend,
Nathan
Dear Nithun,
DeleteThankee for the letter. At first I did not care for it, but after my dearly deceased partner, Jacob Marley, visited me, along with three ghosts, I read your letter. I do say it did help, Thankee.
I certainly missed out on my family. Especially Bell.I could have a great family with her.
I also missed out on a lovely dinner with my nephew & niece. I would love to go see them.
Thankee, once again. I will never take things for granted again. I have certainly learned my lesson.
Sincerely, Scrooge
December 24, 1843
ReplyDelete(Christmas Eve)
To My Good Friend Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge,
During this great and joyous time of year, I have been saddened to receive the news that you do not have the same pleasant and giving spirit as you once did. I fear that you are missing all of the wonders of life and the caring people that surround you because of your morose attitude towards the world. Therefore, I implore you to read this letter with an open heart and mind, to help fill the void that was created many years before this.
I do not doubt that the people of your town are greatly anticipating the arrival of Christmas and this holiday season. I have heard that they stroll throughout the streets singing Christmas carols. The children skip through the streets and ride on the backside of horse drawn carriages shouting out Christmas greetings to all the town folk. I hope you will take this opportunity of great celebration to roam the streets with pleasure, socialize with people of the town, and make friends. I know that you are not one to enjoy Christmas all that much. Through this letter, though, I pray that your opinion will differ and you will enjoy this upcoming holiday.
Being your lifelong friend, I remember your family; but the fondest memory I have of your kin is your wonderful sister Fan. Fan was always a kind and generous soul, as were you. I recall that she had had a son; Fred, isn’t it? I imagine that he has inherited her benevolent and spontaneous spirit. Now, I know that you do not have the tightest bond with your nephew since the death of your sister, but he is the reason that I am writing this letter. He had written to me after his visit with you, telling me that he had tried to persuade you to have Christmas dinner with he and his family. He relayed that you had turned him down on his offer and asked if I could try to convince you to go. So, Ebenezer, I beg you to attend your nephew’s dinner and accept his warm and welcoming invitation.
My friend, I hope you will take into account this letter when making your final decision. Think deeply on how you are to act toward your fellow citizens as well as your family. So try to smile and wave to others when you are meandering the streets. If you do go to the magnificent sounding dinner with your nephew, I wish you all the pleasure in the world. One last thing; have a very, merry Christmas.
Happy Holidays, your friend,
Brendan
December 26, 1845
DeleteDear Brendan,
Thank you for this wonderful letter. I too have started to feel as though I am missing all the wonders of life a you said. Also, I agree I am not the pleasant giving spirit that I used to be. With that I read your letter with an open heart and mind.
I took your advice and tried to enjoy the holiday. You were right many of the townspeople do enjoy Christmas. On my way to work instead of just simply walking minding my own business I was pleasant. I talked with many folk and wished all a merry Christmas. I felt great seeing everyone smile they were all so happy for holidays and I wished I had not thought of it as such a humbug. I also made a few friends and all I had to do was have a kind conversation with them. It was so simple to make friends I wonder why I haven't tried before?
I also agree that I should attend my nephews party and join them for dinner. Ever since my sister passed I realize that I haven't been very close with my nephew. Maybe his lovely dinner would be the perfect time for me to try to get to know my nephew. I don't know much about his. I used to think he was simply annoying with his merry Christmas however I realize now that, that was his way of being sincere. As you said my nephew has indeed inherited my dear sister Fan’s benevolent and spontaneous spirit.
I have taken your letter under great consideration. I kept an open heart and mind while reading and have discovered you are right. The topics you mentioned are things I agree I have overlooked in the past. I wish you would have written me before because my life is so much better now that I have changed. Thank you so much Brendan.
Sincerely,
Scrooge
ReplyDeleteTo My Dearest Friend Ebeneezer Schrooge, December 24,1834
Are you surprised I am writing you this letter? Well, I am Ebeneezer. I have heard you have been more naughty than nice. For your own welfare you need to change your attitude and behavior it is completely inappropriate, especially this time of year. You are missing out on the rest of your life.
Schrooge, my friend, you are missing out on the wonderful holiday season! You are missing the ringing out the bells, the non-stop humming of Christmas carols, and the jolly feeling in the air. You are missing the best part of the year and when everyone else is happy you are not. That makes ME sad to see you so unhappy. Remember when your father sent you to the boarding school? And the other children picked on you and took your things? But remember the day when Fan rescued you? She was even more excited than you, when she came to pick you up! Fan, always full of happiness, laughter, and benevolence. Poor Fan, died so young, but left you her pride and joy, her son Fred. Please stop excluding yourself. You are missing out on the best parts of life.
Scgrooge, you are missing the joy of spending time with your friends and family. Only spending time at your house and your counting house is a waste of time. Be free my friend! Enjoy yourself and the time you spend on this Earth! Your family would agree with me that you need to take life as a blessing, not as a burden. You are missing the love that you can share through the people that love you.
I know that you are not a bad person, but the folks that you live around do not know this. Show those people how you are to me, show them the real you! Ebeneezer, change is not always bad. In this way it is for the better, trust me.
Your Dearest Friend,
Emily K.
December 22, 1843
DeleteDear Emily,
I would like to thank you for you very helpful letter.I read it many times and will never forget it.I have taken your advice and for it I am a better man.At first your opinion hurt me but after a while of hard thinking I realized that you were right about me.Now that I’ve changed I enjoy life!
In your letter you told me I was missing out on the holiday season, which was true.Christmas is coming so I have decided to get a Christmas tree for my house and decorate it.I must say putting ornaments and lights on my tree was the most enjoyment I have had in many years.Also, I bought presents for my family and friends.Whenever I see somebody I say, “Merry Christmas”, and I am happy to say it feels good.
Lastly, I would like you to know that I have been making an effort to spend more time with my family and friends.I will be having the Cratchits over for dinner on Christmas Eve to apologize for my bitterness.Also I am proud to say that I had a wonderful conversation with my nephew asking for his forgiveness.He has accepted my apology and invited me to join him and his wife for lunch on Christmas day.I cannot wait to meet his wife and I am very glad that I will be back in his life.
Emily, I would like to thank you again for changing my life.If it wasn’t for you I would still be the mean,selfish person I was before.
Sincerely,
ScroogeDecember 22, 1843
Dear Emily,
I would like to thank you for you very helpful letter.I read it many times and will never forget it.I have taken your advice and for it I am a better man.At first your opinion hurt me but after a while of hard thinking I realized that you were right about me.Now that I’ve changed I enjoy life!
In your letter you told me I was missing out on the holiday season, which was true.Christmas is coming so I have decided to get a Christmas tree for my house and decorate it.I must say putting ornaments and lights on my tree was the most enjoyment I have had in many years.Also, I bought presents for my family and friends.Whenever I see somebody I say, “Merry Christmas”, and I am happy to say it feels good.
Lastly, I would like you to know that I have been making an effort to spend more time with my family and friends.I will be having the Cratchits over for dinner on Christmas Eve to apologize for my bitterness.Also I am proud to say that I had a wonderful conversation with my nephew asking for his forgiveness.He has accepted my apology and invited me to join him and his wife for lunch on Christmas day.I cannot wait to meet his wife and I am very glad that I will be back in his life.
Emily, I would like to thank you again for changing my life.If it wasn’t for you I would still be the mean,selfish person I was before.
Sincerely,
Scrooge
(Lindsey M)
December, 24th 1843
ReplyDeleteDear, Ebenezer Scrooge
You are missing out on the pure joy of life. You are always gloomy and selfish. Your heart is full of despair. You love no one and you trust no one. You show no emotion at all. You, my friend are missing out on an abundance of things. It’s truly time to be grateful and giving.
Scrooge, you are missing out on family. People become very happy on Christmas. They are grateful to have their dearest friends and family with them to celebrate. Children open up their presents with excitement, and anxiousness so desperately wanting to know what is under the crinkling paper. Parents are happy as they watch their children smiling at their new toy. You Scrooge, are missing out on family, friends, and the enjoyment of Christmas.
Selfish. This is the word to describe you. You are morose and miserable. I’m afraid to say but, you are not liked by many. When the common folks run around the street singing christmas carols with glee, you do not wave or smile. You think they are going crazy! That is why I decided to write this letter. Since, I was your sisters dearest friend I do care about you. I know she would want you to be positive and grateful for life. You cannot live your whole life being a miser. You are rich, have you ever thought of giving to the poor or destitute?
I truly hope you change, Ebenezer. It would do you quite good. You would absolutely love the difference. Not only in your heart, but with the people around you. You’ve missed a lot of life itself. You closed your heart to the people who care most about you. I know your past life wasn’t easy, but do you want your future to be lonesome and void? Scrooge, please change. Do not let your past dictate what you will become in the future.
Yours truly,
Zoe
Dear, Ebenezer Scrooge
ReplyDeleteYou are missing out on the joy of life. You are always negative and morose. If you showed more bevenolence then you would probably not have to be visited by those three ghosts.
You are missing out on your only relative, your nephew. You missed out on his wedding day. He invited you to christmas dinner and you say no, every time.
You miss out on the finer things in life. You always work on christmas eve and christmas. You think people in poverty should die so the surplus of the population should go down.
I am requesting you to change your behavior because if you act the same way you are now, everybody will be happy that you died. Everybody will remember you as the grumpy old man that died and was mean to everybody!
your friend:
Cassandra Desimone
Dear Ebenezer Scrooge,
ReplyDeleteYou are missing out on all the great stuff in life by being morose and grumpy. If you were nicer and kind to others you wouldn’t of been haunted by those ghost.
Why don’t you like Christmas? It's a wonderful time. It's a time to be with your friends and family and give. It's not all about the money. You don’t need expensive presents, the best presents come from the heart.
Your missing out on your family too. Your only nephew has just got married and you didn’t go to his wedding. I bet he was sad. He loves you very much and would do anything for you.
You should probably change in some ways, not your whole life. Just try to be kinder and benevolent. It could make someone's day. You could be happier and have a better life and not be morose anymore. It would be a good thing.
Sincerely, Isabella
December 10th, 2012
ReplyDeleteDear Scrooge,
Everyone around you is trying to spend Christmas with their family and you are not. You don't want anything to do with Christmas and it makes a lot of people sad on how grumpy you are. When someone in the story asked you for money for charity you just sent them on their way.
You also had your nephew come in your shop and say “ Merry christmas uncle”, and you just said “ BA! HUMBUG!”. This wasn’t very nice of you trying to send your nephew away. He was very brave to stand up to you because nobody ever has. They were always too scared to ask you for anything.
I request, that you should probably change the way you are so mean to people. I request this because you don’t want to be known when you die of someone that everyone was scared of. You would probably want to be known as someone everyone likes.
Sincerely,
Skyler .M
Dear Scrooge,
ReplyDeleteYou are missing out on life because you are moody and cranky. You are negative with the people around you, and you don't care about anything but yourself.
You are missing out on a lot of things. For example, you are missing out on family. Your nephew just got married and you haven't even met his wife yet. You don't even want to be bothered with your own nephew, Fred. You are the only family that he has left and you don’t even care.
You are missing out on Christmas. Christmas is a time to spend with your family to open gifts and have a nice time. But, people like you don’t do that because you don't like Christmas. For example you always say “ Bah! Humbug!”
Mr. Scrooge, you should probably change your attitude with people. We all know you love your nephew Fred. And that you don't mean it when you say “ Bah! Humbug!” If you just were nicer and more grateful for who you have in your life and stopped being so moody, Christmas would be better for you and your family. Merry Christmas Mr.Scrooge!
Sincerely ,
Britney!
Dear Scrooge,
ReplyDeleteThis time of year, people are supposed to be happy and cheerful with Christmas spirit. I should tell you, with your attitude, the townspeople can no longer be happy when in your presence.
All of your bitterness can affect the way others think about you. Friends and family may not want to see you because you’re a downer. You may not be invited to holiday parties, or even allowed to see the ones you love. No one enjoys having negative people in their life. Especially if they’re Ebenezer Scrooge.
Another thing you are missing out on is an important one, the holiday. Christmas is simply a time for love and spending time with your family. Only you, Mr. Scrooge, believe that Christmas is a time for working and no time for family. Your only nephew must be missing you, but not your attitude.
In conclusion, I request that you get your act together to enjoy Christmas with a smile on your face.
Sincerely,
Sarah L.
December 24,1834
ReplyDeleteDear Ebenezer Scrooge,
You need to lighten up a bit. Why do you hate Christmas so much?! It is a terrible thing to hate. Christmas is a time about giving not getting.
You need to be nicer to your clerk Bob Cratchit. And, you are never nice to your nephew Fred, even though all he does is try to be nice.
You also need to be more generous. For instance, when those two men came to collect money you told them and I quote "Then they better die and lower the surplus population."
To wrap everything up, you need to be more nicer and more generous or else you will end up like your old departed (dead) friend Jacob Marley.
From your friend,
AJ
Dear Scrooge,
ReplyDeleteScrooge why do you hate Christmas so much? It’s a good holiday and your with your family. You’re really missing out. You should stop being mean to some of the people near you. Do you not like Christmas because you’re not with the one you love?
The day your nephew came to your store to invite you for Christmas you said Christmas was useless. Also, I didn’t really like that you didn’t donate money to the people who need help. But, Cratchit did donate and he needs the money for Tiny Tim. Unlike you, you’re the richest man in town and you don’t donate anything.
So I think you should change and start being nice to the people near you. Another thing is that you should like Christmas and start donating and give Cratchit more money so Tiny Tim can get better.
From,
Rob
Dear Rob M,
DeleteDecember 21,1843
Thanks for the letter it really helped me get back on feet. Now I’m nicer to Bob. Also I don't hate Christmas anymore. Now I love to dine with my nephew and his new family.
I love to dine with my family now. Christmas is definitely not a humbug anymore when I'm with them, or at all a humbug. I said on Christmas eve to them that it was a waste of time to dine with them. I was wrong to say that so when I saw them on the streets I asked them to dine soon. Now I love to dine with my family.
Secondly, I love spending Christmas with my family. I love eating geese on Christmas with my nephew and his wife and my whole entire family. I love spending time with them even there is no holiday.Also I got Belle back and I spend a lot of time with her.Thank you for getting my family back together so we can spend time with each other.
Thank you for the letter that you reminded me what I have been missing out on.You have really done good for me from reuniting my family to helping my nephew and his new family be happy by having me dine with them.Thank you again for the letter Rob.
Sincerely
Ebenezer Scrooge
DeleteDear Rob, December 20, 1801
Thank you for this letter Rob it has helped change my life. It was kind of you to send a letter to me to try to help me change the way I was. Now I can enjoy my life and not be so cranky all the time because of you. I thought of how mean I was being to my family and I realized how annoying and a miser I was.
I realized when I read your letter that I was missing out on a lot, like not being friends with my nephew and not enjoying Christmas. Also I was missing out so much by not going too the Christmas party.
Now I have donated lots of money to the people who need help, and it has made me feel good inside. I have also helped Tiny Tim out and helped him survive. I have also given Bob a higher salary so that he can keep his family alive.
I will never take anything for granted anymore and I thank you again for helping me, and I am very grateful. You have changed my life in many different ways.
Sincerely,
Scrooge