| A | B |
|---|
| A Christmas Carol | title |
| Charles Dickens | author |
| Stave | chapter |
| Jacob Marley | partner |
| Ebenezer Scrooge | main character |
| Fred | nephew |
| nephew | Fred |
| niece | niece |
| dead as a doornail | Marley was this |
| undertaker | takes care of the dead |
| chain | what was around Marley's neck |
| prison | where the poor can go |
| workhouses | where the poor can go |
| humbug | Scrooge's phrase |
| ghost | visits Scrooge |
| Ghost of Christmas Past | first spirit |
| spirit | ghost |
| apparition | ghost |
| Fan | Scrooge's little sister |
| Fezziwig | Scrooge's boss |
| apprentice | teach a skill |
| Belle | Scrooge's ex-fiance |
| Ghost of Christmas Present | 2nd spirit |
| feast | large meal |
| torch | 2nd ghost carried this |
| goose | Cratchit's main course |
| plum pudding | special dessert |
| robe | worn by spirit |
| poor | 2nd ghost favored |
| Bob Cratchit | Scrooge's worker |
| Martha | Cratchit's oldest daughter |
| Tiny Tim | Cratchit's crippled son |
| Topper | chased plump sister at party |
| plump | chubby |
| sister | female |
| ignorance | don't know; the boy under the spirit's robe |
| want | lacking; the girl under the spirit's robe |
| Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come | 3rd spirit; didn't speak |
| future | days to come |
| bed curtains | surround bed; stolen from Scrooge |
| God Bless us everyone | Tiny Tim's quote |
| Merry Christmas | Season's Greetings |
