FAMILY UNITY
The Cratchit family is portrayed as united and joyful during their Christmas celebration, despite their modest means.
CRATCHIT FAMILY
Then all the Cratchit family drew round the hearth in what Bob Cratchit called a circle, meaning half a one; and at Bob Cratchit's elbow stood the family display of glass. Two tumblers and a custard cup without a handle. These held the hot stuff from the jug, however, as well as golden goblets would have done; and Bob served it out with beaming looks, while the chestnuts on the fire sputtered and cracked noisily. Then Bob proposed: 'A merry Christmas to us all, my dears. God bless us!' Which all the family re-echoed.