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Yeah. Should have been clearer that as you note, the financial/pragmatic argument for giving Bob the day off is actually made by Bob himself and Scrooge finds it convincing. I\'m not sure how much to ascribe Scrooge\'s reluctance to hatred of Christmas as opposed to an \
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Yeah. Should have been clearer that as you note, the financial/pragmatic argument for giving Bob the day off is actually made by Bob himself and Scrooge finds it convincing. I\\\'m not sure how much to ascribe Scrooge\\\'s reluctance to hatred of Christmas as opposed to an \\\"unfair labor practice\\\". Probably more the former than the latter.
One other thing I was thinking of that I should have been clearer is that I think Dickens makes a big effort to present the Cratchetts as the \\\"deserving poor\\\" and Scrooge as hurting himself by his miserliness because it makes it a lot easier to \\\"prove\\\" the argument for generosity. And I think there may be something autobiographical with the Cratchetts. Dickens\\\' father was a clerk and after falling on bad times, he ended up in debtor\\\'s prison and Dickens left school to work in a factory.
One other thing I was thinking of that I should have been clearer is that I think Dickens makes a big effort to present the Cratchetts as the \\\"deserving poor\\\" and Scrooge as hurting himself by his miserliness because it makes it a lot easier to \\\"prove\\\" the argument for generosity. And I think there may be something autobiographical with the Cratchetts. Dickens\\\' father was a clerk and after falling on bad times, he ended up in debtor\\\'s prison and Dickens left school to work in a factory.
