The Ghost of Christmas Present takes Scrooge away from the Cratchits' home and presents him with a series of Christmas scenes: a mining family on a bleak moor; the keepers of a solitary lighthouse ...

Each of the ghosts shows him a scene that strikes fear and regret into his heart and eventually he softens. By the end of the story, Scrooge is a changed man, sharing his wealth and generosity ...

Or of Trump’s deference to Musk’s shadow government ... that spirited prodding from the ghosts of Christmas past, present, ...