Fred

Stave 1 - how Fred is first described as he greets Scrooge

“he was all in a glow … his eyes sparkled”

Stave 1 - how he describes the Christmas season

“ as good a time; a kind, forgiving, charitable time”

Stave 1 - his view on how everyone nicer at xmas

• ‘open their shut up hearts freely … people below them … fellow-passengers to the grave’

Stave 1 - why he enjoys Christmas even though he may not benefit financially

“though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that it has done me good”

Stave 3- Fred laughs and Dickens describes laughter

• ‘while there is infection in disease and sorrow , there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour’

Stave 3 - Fred’s wife and sisters are insulting Scrooge saying they have no patience for him as he never comes to Christmas dinner however Fred thinks otherwise

“I can’t be angry with him … Who suffers by his ill whims! Himself always.”

Stave 5 - Fred’s enthusiasm as Scrooge arriving for Christmas dinner

“Let him in! It is a mercy he didn’t shake his arm off.”

Stave 5 - shoes Fred’s forgiving nature and how quickly he is to accommodate Scrooge into the family

“He was at home in five minutes.”