A: One reason that Ebenezer Scrooge has such a negative attitude toward Christmas is the fact that in his youth Christmastime was for him a negative experience. So his bad memories cause him to feel a hatred for the season.
E: In Stave II when the Ghost takes Scrooge into the past, he sees his old classmates, who say "Merry Christmas" to each other. But "What was Merry Christmas to Scrooge?....What good had it ever...
A: One reason that Ebenezer Scrooge has such a negative attitude toward Christmas is the fact that in his youth Christmastime was for him a negative experience. So his bad memories cause him to feel a hatred for the season.
E: In Stave II when the Ghost takes Scrooge into the past, he sees his old classmates, who say "Merry Christmas" to each other. But "What was Merry Christmas to Scrooge?....What good had it ever done to him?" Scrooge reflects. For, he was left behind at the school because his father would not come for him. It was a
...a lonely boy [who] was reading near a feeble fire; and Scrooge sat down upon a form, and wept to see his poor forgotten self as he had used to be.
C: So, for Ebenezer Scrooge Christmas has brought loneliness and sadness to him as he recalls his youth when he was left at the school with only stories to cheer and entertain him. Indeed, tragic experiences in youth are so often imprinted upon people to such an extent that they never overcome them, and such is the case with Scrooge.
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