Hvad hedder spøgelsen i fortidens ånd?
Jacob Marley
Ghost of Christmas Past er den første af de tre ånder (efter besøget af Jacob Marley, hans tidligere forretningspartner), der hjemsøger Ebenezer Scrooge. Denne engleånd viser Scrooge scener fra hans fortid, der fandt sted omkring jul, for at vise ham, at han skal ændre sin livsstil, og for at vise læseren, hvordan Scrooge blev en bitter, kold og koldblodig gnier.
Jacob Marley
The Ghost of Christmas Past is the first of the three spirits (after the visitation by Jacob Marley, his former business partner) to haunt Ebenezer Scrooge. This angelic spirit shows Scrooge scenes from his past that occurred on or around Christmas, in order to demonstrate to him the necessity of changing his ways, as well as to show the reader how Scrooge came to be a bitter, cold-hearted miser.
Ghost of Christmas Past