Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

English

Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. Original illustration by John Leech (1843).

Proper noun

the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

  1. A fictional ghost in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens; it visits Ebenezer Scrooge in order to show his impending fate of death and loneliness in a future Christmas that is ultimately avoided.
    Synonym: Ghost of Christmas Future
    Coordinate terms: Ghost of Christmas Past, Ghost of Christmas Present

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