As the christmas preparations began , Dickens saw the suspions wealthy people had towards the poor fading .In a christmas carol we are shown charity collectors gathering donations for the poor , family parties and work place parties .Dickens desrcibes Christmas in a series of locations , all showing warmth and generosity of the season with time spent with loved ones .Dickens sets the events within the christmas period because they represent a time where we should be generous towards each other .His positive depiction of christmas is embodied by Fred , the Cratchit family and Fezziwig . Scrooges "humbug" reaction to the festival is representing as needing to change , as we know he later made amends and achieved redemption .The novellas title refers to being a hymn sung at christmas time .The chapters are referred to as staves to reflect musical notations , there are five horizontal lines in a stave as there are five staves in the novella
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