Disclaimer: A Christmas Carol is Charles Dickens'. He wrote it more than two hundred years ago. I did not go back in time and write it before him, so it must be concluded that I do not own it. Now, feel free to make your own conclusions, or judgements about the following story.
Judgement
Chapter OneMeeting of the Spirits
They were all there, the three spirits of Christmas. It was Christmas eve of the year after Ebenezer Scrooge's miraculous conversion. The ghost of Christmas Present, Nicholas, was allowing his brother Richard to visit the earth this year, for Nicholas had serious business to attend to with two other spirits. The Ghost of the Future, Phantom, had business on earth tonight, but could be present at this meeting because time was irrelevant to him. The spirits could have passed eternity at their meeting, yet no time would have elapsed on the world below.
Perhaps the most important spirit was a small child with curly brown hair and golden eyes. She was Christen, the Ghost of Christmas Past. She was unique to the person whom this meeting concerned and was not the same ghost who had appeared to Scrooge a year before. Christen knew everything about their subject, every word he had ever spoken, everything he had ever done, and everything he had ever thought.
"We are gathered here today on behalf of the soul of a deceased human, by the name of Jacob Marley," Nicholas began. His introduction was met with cheers from Christen and Phantom. "He was a crucial element in the turning of a miser, his partner in life, Ebenezer Scrooge, from an existence of miserable selfishness, to a full life of pure joy. This man was the impersonation of all the disgusting things than humankind has the potential to become. Thanks to Jacob Marley and ourselves," Nicholas waited for the applause to die down, "as well as Lucia, who is not here with us today, Ebenezer Scrooge was successfully transformed into a genuine Father Christmas." Nicholas laughed jollity. "Now, as far as Mr. Marley is concerned, he is still bound to eternal torment. He is quite regretful for all he did in life and was, as I said, instrumental in Scrooge's change of heart. Although his judgement has passed, I feel we are obligated to act. My friends, let us pay a visit to Mr. Jacob Marley."