"Tell me that I can sponge away the writing on that stone, Spirit. I beg you, Spirit I beg you " And with these words, as told to Charles Dickens, Ebeneezer Scrooge did not die that Christmas, alone and unmourned. Christmas Yet-to-Come made sure of that. Unfortunately, the unintended side-effect was that Scrooge was rendered immortal. More than 150-years later, having seen more than his share of Christmases, Scrooge was ready to move on. But he would...