<P> The third spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, shows Scrooge a Christmas Day in the future . The ghost shows him scenes involving the death of a disliked man . The man's funeral will only be attended by local businessmen if lunch is provided . His charwoman, his laundress, and the local undertaker steal some of his possessions and sell them to a fence . When Scrooge asks the ghost to show anyone who feels any emotion over the man's death, the ghost can only show him the pleasure of a poor couple in debt to the man, rejoicing that his death gives them more time to put their finances in order . After Scrooge asks to see some tenderness connected with any death, the ghost shows him Bob Cratchit and his family mourning the passing of Tiny Tim . The ghost then shows Scrooge the man's neglected grave, whose tombstone bears Scrooge's name . Sobbing, Scrooge pledges to the ghost that he will change his ways to avoid this outcome . </P> <P> Scrooge awakens on Christmas morning a changed man . He spends the day with Fred's family and anonymously sends a large turkey to the Cratchit home for Christmas dinner . The following day he gives Cratchit an increase in pay and becomes like another father to Tiny Tim, who did not die . From then on Scrooge begins to treat everyone with kindness, generosity and compassion, embodying the spirit of Christmas . </P> <P> The writer Charles Dickens was born to a respectable family that got into financial difficulties as a result of the spendthrift nature of John, Dickens's father . In 1824 John was committed to Marshalsea, a debtors' prison in Southwark, London . Dickens, aged 12, was forced to pawn his collection of books, leave school and go to work at a shoe - blacking factory, a dirty and rat - infested place . The change in Dickens's circumstances gave him what his biographer, Michael Slater, described as a "deep personal and social outrage", which heavily influenced his works . </P> <P> At the end of December 1842 Dickens began publishing his novel Martin Chuzzlewit as a monthly serial; although the novel was his favourite work, sales had been disappointing and he faced financial difficulties . By this time he was a well - established author, having written six major works, as well as several short stories, novellas and other works . </P>

Short summary of a christmas carol by charles dickens