Ebenezer Scrooge (Richard) poses with Mrs. Bob Cratchit (Enid) in front of the Christmas tree.

Mrs. Cratchit enjoys holding our new granddaughter, Fiona.

Two gray ghosts, both representing Scrooge’s long-dead business partner Jacob Marley (left, son-in-law Adam and right, son-in-law Matt).

Fred’s wife (daughter Georgina). Fred, you’ll recall, was Scrooge’s lighthearted nephew.

Joe Gargery, the blacksmith (son-in-law Rob), from Great Expectations. Rob volunteers his spare time as a blacksmith at a living museum in Naperville, Illinois.

Daughter Priscilla preparing a tasty Yorkshire pudding to go with her sumptuous roast beef.

Mr. Scrooge, looking rather pleased after his conversion. “A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to all the world!”

The younger (and youngest) generation, all together. That’s our daughter Clarissa, Fiona’s mom, at the far right.