<Tr> <Th> Relatives </Th> <Td> The Ghost of Christmas Present, The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, Jacob Marley </Td> </Tr> <P> The Ghost of Christmas Past or The Spirit of Christmas Past is a fictional character in the work A Christmas Carol by the English novelist Charles Dickens . </P> <P> The Ghost of Christmas Past is the first of the three spirits (after the visitation by Jacob Marley, his former business partner) to haunt Ebenezer Scrooge . This angelic spirit shows Scrooge scenes from his past that occurred on or around Christmas, in order to demonstrate to him the necessity of changing his ways, as well as to show the reader how Scrooge came to be a bitter, cold - hearted miser . </P> <P> According to Dickens' novel, the Ghost of Christmas Past appears to Scrooge as a white - robed, androgynous figure of indeterminate age . It has on its head a blazing light, reminiscent of a candle flame, and carries a metal cap, made in the shape of a candle extinguisher . The ghost is often portrayed as a woman in dramatic adaptations of the story: </P>

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