Author : Anna Laura Page, Jean Anne Shafferman
Description
A Christmas Carol: Scrooge in Bethlehem is a reinterpretation of Charles Dickens' 19th-century English tale, A Christmas Carol. In this joyful adaptation, Scrooge takes on the role of the Bethlehem Innkeeper who denies Mary and Joseph shelter on that first Christmas Eve. His front desk clerk, Bob Cratchit, comes to their assistance while Scrooge remains alone in his dark room at the inn. When God sends an angel bearing the Light of Salvation to Scrooge, the miserable man is compelled to examine his soul. Over time, he comes to understand that he has bartered his soul for wealth. His ultimate redemption embodies the promise of salvation for everyone, both the impoverished and the affluent, in the birth of Emmanuel, God with us.
