<P> The story begins on a cold and bleak Christmas Eve in London , seven years after the death of Ebenezer Scrooge 's business partner , Jacob Marley . Scrooge , an old miser , hates Christmas and refuses an invitation to Christmas dinner from his nephew Fred . He turns away two men who seek a donation from him in order to provide food and heating for the poor , and only grudgingly allows his overworked , underpaid clerk , Bob Cratchit , Christmas Day off with pay to conform to the social custom . </P>
<P> The story begins on a cold and bleak Christmas Eve in London , seven years after the death of Ebenezer Scrooge 's business partner , Jacob Marley . Scrooge , an old miser , hates Christmas and refuses an invitation to Christmas dinner from his nephew Fred . He turns away two men who seek a donation from him in order to provide food and heating for the poor , and only grudgingly allows his overworked , underpaid clerk , Bob Cratchit , Christmas Day off with pay to conform to the social custom . </P>
who worked for scrooge in a christmas carol
who worked for scrooge in a christmas carol
Bob Cratchit
Bob Cratchit