‘A Christmas Carol’ and Overcoming Devilish Greed

‘A Christmas Carol’ and Overcoming Devilish Greed
A detail from “Old Scratch has got his own at last, hey?” 1915, by Arthur Rackham. Illustration. Public Domain
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We’ve all met people who are greedy and who never seem to have enough, even when they have plenty. Some of us may be haunted by a desire to have more: more money, more time, more affection, more fame, and so on.
It is sometimes difficult to remember that we come into this world with nothing, and we leave with nothing. Maybe “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens and an illustration by Arthur Rackham can remind us of the importance of overcoming our greed.

Charles Dickens’s ‘A Christmas Carol’

In Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol,” Ebenezer Scrooge is known for his mean-spirited and miserly ways. Even on Christmas Eve, he refuses to share not only his wealth with a charity but also the Christmas spirit with his nephew. Instead, he keeps his heart colder than the Christmas winter. 
Eric Bess
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Eric Bess, Ph.D., is a fine artist, a writer on art-related topics, and an assistant professor at Fei Tian College in Middletown, New York.
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