Scrooged! Luke 16:1-15 Scrooge is a word often associated with a money miser, penny pincher or tightwad - and rightfully so. Charles Dickens' Ebenezer Scrooge was a greedy old man. But then Ebenezer got "Scrooged". He received an unexpected Christmas gift. He saw his future in light of his past and present actions and he changed his ways. He made amends. He moved from a life of greed and isolation to a life of joy and generosity.