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Real Name |
Fred |
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First Appearance |
A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. (19 December 1843) |
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Created by |
Charles Dickens |
Origin[]
Fred is a minor character in A Christmas Carol and the many adaptations. He is the only sororal nephew and last living relative of the novel's main character Ebenezer Scrooge and he is the son of Scrooge's late sister, Fan.
Fred's mother, Fan was the sister of Ebenezer Scrooge and died when Fred was young. The reason why Scrooge never wants to be around Fred is because his nephew reminds him of his late sister. Every year, Fred goes to invite his uncle to his Christmas parties and every year, Scrooge declines.
Fred's personality is a total and complete opposite compared to that of his uncle's. He is kind, cheerful, generous, considerate, caring, happy go-lucky. Not even Scrooge's sour personality deters Fred, who always welcomes his uncle to join him and his wife on Christmas.
Public Domain Literary Appearances[]
Literature:
- A Christmas Carol (1843)
Public Domain Film Appearances[]
- A Christmas Carol (1910)
- A Christmas Carol (1914)
- The Right to Be Happy (1916)
- Scrooge (1935)
Public Domain Comic Appearances[]
- Santa Claus Funnies #1 (1942)
- Santa Claus Funnies #1 (1952)
- A Christmas Treasury (1954)