They were local businessmen who were never actually named but they sought out charitable donations which they would use to buy food and basic living staples for the poor and needy at this special time of year
The ghost of Christmas present repeats Scrooges retort of "are there no prisons, are there no work houses"
This is in two areas. initially in stave 1The First time men are talk of business is when the two business gentlemen arrive at Scrooges office seeking a charitable donation to help feed the poor and offer them some comfort that Christmas to which Scrooge famously asks "are there no prisons, are there no work houses and the poverty laws and the treadmill are they still in use?". Then Marley is telling Scrooge that "mankind" , Marley goes on to say of his enternal punishement that "The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business". This is prompting Scrooge to reconsider his own life and his priorites.
Jesus was likely around two years old when the wise men came to visit him.
The two gentlemen arrive at Scrooges counting house seeking a donation to help the poor at the christmas time . Scrooge questions whether the prosions, workhouses and tread mill are all still working as he already pays in taxes to support these. Therefore the poor should go there
The visit by the nephew and two gentleness to scrooges office, Marley's visit, each of the ghosts visits thereafter scrooges change of heart to keep Christmas in his heart ever after
Each man has two sons. There are six people total, each carrying one duck. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- incorrect. the answer is: the two men are a father and and his father, so that the grandfather came with his son and the father came with his son - the grandson. so the total is two men and the two sons - one son is also one of the men. meaning only 3 people came and each is holding 2 ducks. =]
Then that DNA came from the father of the baby.
Shepherds saw Him and when He was two or so the wise man or men came to see Him. It says in the beginning of Luke in the Bible
Yes it is true that the wise men came to see Jesus . As History states that King Herod ordered all boys below two years to be killed as the wisemen cheated King Herod.
A storm came up, and Huck was washed overboard
A storm came up, and Huck was washed overboard
Two.