Colleen PatrickColleen Patrick

Colleen Patrick is a writer/director (The Whole Truth), author, writing coach, former volunteer firefighter and ombudsman columnist (“Reader Advocate”) for The Seattle Times. She is currently writing a memoir, Searching for Mistletoe.
An Argument for Why The Christmas Carol Is Really a Coming-of-Age Story
Image: at the downtown Philadelphia Macy's immersive 'A Christmas Carol' installation in 2013, a handpainted sign relates an excerpt of the Dickens story. Under the heading Sister Fan is the text: "She was a gentle, delicate creature, said the ghost describing Scrooge's sister. But her heart was large and caring. She died as a woman, the ghost recalled, and had, I think, children. One child only, Scrooge returned. Yes, was the response, your nephew, Fred."
One writer asserts that Scrooge’s arc isn't that of becoming a new person, but confronting his core wound and rediscovering ...
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