A Christmas Carol
What was the strangest thing about the way the first spirit looked?
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The first spirit is the Ghost of Christmas past. His purpose is to remind Scrooge of his childhood..... the boy he once was, the feelings he had as a child.
But the strangest thing about it was, that from the crown of its head there sprung a bright clear jet of light, by which all this was visible; and which was doubtless the occasion of its using, in its duller moments, a great extinguisher for a cap, which it now held under its arm.