God bless Mr. Scrooge, everyone!

Welcome....

A Christmas Carol! 

Alistir Sim as Scrooge 

Christmas comes for me every year with Scrooge in A Christmas Carol. It gives me one "Dickens" of a Christmas.  It tells the story of every soul in the journey from the self-centered infant to the centered soul in a mature faith.  Bah-humbug???  Well you might want to say that since Scrooge popularized it and put it into our vernacular.  But isn't true that every Christmas, we journey from self-centeredness to being people centered in the needs of others?  

I love the adaptations!    Authors and Directors know the spirit of the text so well that they are able to add lines and actions that fully express Dickens.   Today I saw a version that I have now seen for three years--and it is wonderful.  If you are in the DC area, take in a show at Ford's Theater.  

The Ford's Theater Production  "It is I who needs to thank you!"

At the end of that version, old Scrooge forgives the debts of three people.  They erupt with joy--"Oh thank you Mr. Scrooge," they exclaim.  Then Scrooge turns and says--"No, it its you I have to thank." 

That's Dicken's theme par excellence.  The poor and needy are those in whom we find the Christ Child.  They have learned how to be centered in a higher Power...and they can lead us as well through generous giving.  "It is in giving that we receive," St. Francis' great prayer reminds us--and in which we find the Christ who looks for us. God bless you, Mr. Scrooge, from everyone...for your annual gift.