Scrooge's Nephew Fred on Money at Christmas

"There are many things from which I might have derived good, by which I have not profited, I dare say, Christmas among the rest." ... "And therefore, uncle, though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that it has done me good, and will do me good; and I say, God bless it!" -- Ebenezer Scrooge's nephew Fred in "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens.

Scrooge on Christmas and Money, by Charles Dickens

"What's Christmas time to you but a time for paying bills without money; a time for finding yourself a year older, but not an hour richer." Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol"