A Compendium of Feedback on the Words in A.Word. Thanks for the chuckle. Remember that he was redeemed during Christmas of 1957. I think a change is required to the English dictionary to reflect it. In fact, Scrooge was redeemed more than a 100 years ago.
Every saint has a past and every sinner a future.
The words grinch and scrooge seem to have worked their way into the language thanks to people who don't really know the stories. He became as good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man, as the good old city knew, or any other good old city, town, or borough, in the good old world. If anyone sees their heart grow three sizes or becomes better than their word, they sound more like a role model than a villain to me. I heard this one on the radio that woke me this morning. Every time I have read the tale here in Malta, and every time it was told to me as a child, it was always 'Chicken Licken'.