Celebrate Creativity

Future Ghosts


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This episode of Celebrate Poe deals with the especially powerful section of Dicken’s A Christmas Carol relating to the Ghost of Christmas Future.  Scrooge learns some powerful lessons regarding how his existence (and greediness) has affected others.


  • How does Dickens show that many people feel that Scrooge’s life meant very little?
  • What are some of the actions that characters take regarding Scrooge’s body after his death? 
  • What does the old woman steal?
  • What are the mixed feelings felt by the couple when learning of how their debt might be handled?
  • What has happened to Tiny Tim?
  • What seems to finally cause Scrooge to say that he will honor Christmas in his heart?


  • 00:00 Intro
  • 00:49 The Phantom approaches
  • 02:45 Entering the city
  • 06:53 The dirty, old den
  • 13:20 Scrooge’s bedcurtains
  • 17:26 How will this affect our debt?
  • 20:42 Visiting the Crachit house
  • 27:24 Scrooge looks into what was his office
  • 29:12 Scrooge looks at his bed after death

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