graham wrote:

"Peter James" wrote in message
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Roy Bailey wrote:


Roy (who lists Ebenezer Scrooge as one of his heroes!)

But the whole point of the Scrooge character, in Dickens' "Christmas
Carol", was that he reformed and celebrated Christmas with the rest of
the trolls.
He rejoined the mainstream of silly spending, false jollification and
hypocritical mainstream christianity.
I remember from the days of my youth, a comedian called Tom Lehrer who
wrote and sang a Christmas song, which included the immortal lines;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSlpCBek1_M
My hero! And I almost got the words right. Not bad for a time lapse of
50 years. Thanks for posting the URL for the song.

Peter

--
He spoke with a certain what-is-it in his voice, and I
could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far
from being gruntled.
P.G. Wodehouse 1881 -1975