He is saying that Christmas is a waste of money, and that the people who celebrate are poor. Along with that idea he decides that the poor spend money they do not have. This idea once again shows that all Scrooge cares about is money, and nothing else seems else seems to matter. Secondly, Scrooge is ignorant towards any spending that he sees ‘unnecessary’. The list that he sees as unnecessary is rather large. This includes giving money to a charity for the poor and coal for a fire, which warms his and his new assistant’s work place. “Under the impression that they scarcely furnish Christian cheer of mind or body to the multitude,” returned the gentle man, “a few of us are endeavoring to raise a fund to buy the poor some meat and drink, and means of warmth. We choose this time, because it is a time, of all other, when Want is keenly felt, and Abundance rejoices. What shall I put you down
He is saying that Christmas is a waste of money, and that the people who celebrate are poor. Along with that idea he decides that the poor spend money they do not have. This idea once again shows that all Scrooge cares about is money, and nothing else seems else seems to matter. Secondly, Scrooge is ignorant towards any spending that he sees ‘unnecessary’. The list that he sees as unnecessary is rather large. This includes giving money to a charity for the poor and coal for a fire, which warms his and his new assistant’s work place. “Under the impression that they scarcely furnish Christian cheer of mind or body to the multitude,” returned the gentle man, “a few of us are endeavoring to raise a fund to buy the poor some meat and drink, and means of warmth. We choose this time, because it is a time, of all other, when Want is keenly felt, and Abundance rejoices. What shall I put you down