There is no reference to Marley being a lover of Christmas. However, based on his words it is assumed like Scrooge that he did not part take of any celebrations at ths time
Jacob Marley was Ebenezer Scrooge's business partner in Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." He was the very first ghostly visitor to Scrooge on Christmas Eve to tell Scrooge that he would be visited by three other spirits that night. The opening sentences of the book are "Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that."
This was his dead business partner Jacob Marley
The dead business man in "A Christmas Carol" was nicknamed "Old Scratch."
Jacob Marley died in 1836 at the age of 53 (born 1783)
A Christmas Carol
Scrooge's dead business partner in "A Christmas Carol" is Jacob Marley. He appears as a ghost to warn Scrooge about his fate if he does not change his ways.
The face of Jacob Marley appears in Scrooge's door knocker in "A Christmas Carol." Marley, Scrooge's former business partner, serves as a warning to Scrooge about the consequences of his life choices.
Christmas eve 1843.
A Christmas Carol
Deceased
Ebenezer Scrooge's deceased business partner in Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" was Jacob Marley. Jacob Marley appears as a ghost to warn Scrooge about the consequences of his selfish ways.
Marley represents lost hope, the final unused chance for personal redemption, and the wages of overweaning greed. Because he didn't repent of his greed in his lifetime, Marley was damned to spend eternity dragging around chains and money boxes.