Both Bob Cratchit and Scrooges Nephew refer to Christmas Eve in their communication with him
To invite his his home for Christmas dinner
It was Fezziwig the employer who calls a halt to work.
Christmas Eve
Christmas eve 1843.
Ebenezer Scrooge was visited by four ghosts on Christmas Eve in the novella "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. The ghosts were the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley, followed by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Come.
A Christmas Carol, By Charles Dickens. The name of the main character is Scrooge. Ebenezer Scrooge.
Based on the fore telling of the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come Scrooge would die that very Christmas (1843)
He appears to Scrooge on Christmas Eve, but the time period of Christmas Yet to Come is unspecified.
Scrooge's partner ,Jacob Marley, died on Christmas Eve. There is also the fact that Scrooge himself hates to see other people happy.
Ebenezer Scrooge from the novel 'A Christmas Carol'
Christmas Eve 1843
He was working in his counting house as it was Christmas Eve 1837