Scrooge is the conflicted character created by Charles Dickens in the novel, A Christmas Carol. Ebenezer Scrooge, the full name of the character in Dickens’ novel, is a wealthy but bitter London businessman. His bitterness is a product of his selfishness or ungenerosity. He does not like Xmas. Obviously. Xmas is about giving.
But after being visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Come, Scrooge makes a turnaround and embraces the true spirit of Christmas.
All’s Well That Ends Well, as Shakespeare might say.
But there is new Scrooge in town. Well to be specific, in France. His name is Mahmoud Scrooge. He is the embodiment of the spirit of anti-Christmas. But unlike Ebenezer, he is unrepentant! And violent! He is the true eclipse of Ebenezer. And we are not talking WibiscoTM here!
So, he plots and schemes and a whole set of traditional public Xmas celebrations is cancelled. Real badass; this Mahmoud Scrooge. But from which latitude and longitude did this badass appear?
Not so many years ago, France and other EU nations opened their immigration doors to the ancestors of Mahmoud Scrooge. To their children, to their extended family, to their culture. The felt sorry for Mahmoud. He was escaping bad, bad conditions in his own country.
He came from Africa, from Syria, from the Middle east. In boatloads. He called himself a refugee.
The Christian heart of Europe bled. They felt guilty. From the long years of colonial rule in Africa, in the Middle East, in the Caribbean. Must help these poor bastards, by all means, Merkel and the Bullies of Brussels argued. Let’s go multi-cultural, they said. So the borders were flung open.
Then as Dr. Gad Saad would say, Suicidal Empathy stepped in.
Greece obliged. Italy genuflected. Macron bent over, pun not intended. They “put on the Ritz” for the new immigrants. Free hotels; free health care. Public housing. Things the citizens of Greece or France or the UK never enjoyed, grudgingly enjoyed or could not afford. All funded by the citizens’ taxes.
But was Mahmoud grateful? No, Sir. Mahmoud came and saw what true freedom is like. And he decided Christian Europe was ripe for the conquest. Again. Stupid Kafirs he thought! Always forgetting their history!
Mahmoud called for jihad. The Imams obliged and the clarion call was answered from minaret to minaret. Bombings and stabbings; raping and beheadings. In Spain. In France. In Sweden. In the UK.
Europeans cowered. They protested but got arrested. Hate speech was invented. Mahmoudophobia was conceived. A most inarticulate conception. The Metaverse and X were “appropriately” fined because they were deemed out-of-line.
Then France happened. Xmas celebrations cancelled for fear of Mahmoud Scrooge. Is this the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come or what? Say “What!”
But are you afraid of “the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come”? Just say the words:
“Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.” Luke 2:14 New International Version
“Glory to God in highest heaven, and peace on earth to those with whom God is pleased.” Luke 2:14 New Living Translation.
“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men with whom He is pleased!” Luke 2:14 Berean Literal Bible.
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