| A | B |
| Marley | The dead partner of Scrooge |
| Tiny Tim | the little lame boy |
| Christmas Past | the first spirit |
| Christmas Present | the second spirit |
| Christmas Future | the third spirit |
| Bob Cratchit | clerk for Scrooge |
| nephew | who has an aunt and uncle |
| stingy | will not share |
| generous | share all you have |
| niece | girl who has an aunt and uncle |
| grouchy | bad mood and not nice |
| joyful | good mood and very happy |
| Fan | sister of Fan that dies young |
| greedy | stingy |
| dread | to worry about the future |
| festive | decorated and joyful time during a holiday |
| gloomy | feeling or looking dark and unhappy |
| to mend | to fix |
| miserable | feelingor being terrible |
| humble | not accepting attention for doing something |