He'd like to meet someone with a better laugh than Fred

when someone is sad it's natural for you to feel sad with them

although we can catch illness and sadness from people, you can catch laughter just as easy

So he might become kinder at leave Bob a bit of money when he dies

Because he'll enjoy making his uncle cross

Because he wants to make those terrible old offices nicer at Christmas

his wife's sister guessed the answer correctly

he'd given them plenty to laugh about

Christmas is a time when everyone is nicer to each other

to let him go to another party

to let him stay a little longer

to let Fred know what a good party it was

two children that Scrooge said should be in the poorhouse

two children that the ghost was trying to help

two children who were another lesson for Scrooge