A Christmas Carol is a famous novella written by Charles Dickens, first published in 1843. It tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a wealthy but stingy and miserable man who is visited by the ghost of his deceased business partner on Christmas Eve. The ghost takes Scrooge on a journey through time to see the past, present, and future consequences of his actions, inspiring him to change his ways and embrace the spirit of Christmas. The vocabulary used in A Christmas Carol includes words such as "miserly," "merry," "bah," and "humbug."