Scrooge is visited by three other ghosts - the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. These visits are meant to show Scrooge his past, present, and future in order to help him see the error of his ways and change his attitude towards Christmas and life in general.
Past
Present
Yet to Be/ Yet to Come/ Future
IN THAT EXACT ORDER!
scrooge is visited by the ghost of Christmas past.
He was to be visited at One in the morning
He is visited by the ghost of Christmas Past.
The Ghost of Christmas Past
In Dickens' Christmas Carol, after Marley, Scrooge is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future.
This was his dead business partner Jacob Marley
The first ghost to visit Scrooge was that of his business partner, Jacob Marley. Later Scrooge was visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come
The Ghost of Chrsitmas Past (Scrooges Past)
Jacob MarleyThe Spirit of Christmas PastThe Spirit of Christmas PresentThe Spirit of Christmas yet to come
Jacob Marley was the first then there was the Ghost of Christmas Past, Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.
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."
The first is the ghost of his former partner, Jacob Marley. He is then visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future.