Ah, a Christmas classic! Let's talk about Stave 2 of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. In this section, we are introduced to the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, who is visited by the ghost of his former partner, Jacob Marley. Marley is now a spirit, and he warns Scrooge of his own impending fate if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is initially dismissive of the warning, but as the night progresses, he is visited by three more ghosts who show him the past, present, and future consequences of his greed and selfishness.