A Hearths Warming Holiday

As Ebenezer put out the light out the light of the first one, he realizes that he is in his bed again.

"What in the name of Celestia am I doing in here?" Suddenly he see's a golden light coming from his bedroom door. Along came laughter, striking curiosity in him. He slowly gets up and walks past through the door to see a large griffin with a warm green robe, a orange beard, and a crown.

"Come in, come in! And know me better, my friend! I am the Ghost of Hearth's Warming Present. Look upon me! You have never seen the like of me before?"
"Why come in at this ungodly hour?"

"Why look so frightened?"
"You're quite a giant. Now leave at once. I don't have time for Hearths Warming."

"Have you never walked forth with any of my previous brothers, sir?"
"Never."

"I have many brothers. More than eighteen hundred!"
"Good heavens, that's a lot!"

"Touch my robe."
"Fair enough. I don't see why not." Once he grips his hand onto the spirits rope they take off. Quickly moving in, Scrooge still scared by a sudden jump is calmed down when he looks out to see many ponies out on the street.

"Good evening good sir."
"How do you do my friend?"

"It's a lovely night here and I can't thank anypony enough about the blessings we have amongst ourselves."
"Well I can't say we don't have families to be with."

"You're right. In fact I must get going. My lady is waiting for me so we can enjoy a lovely meal."
"As for me I must finish my shopping. My son wants that hat everyone seems to be wearing."

"You have a happy hearths warming."
"And a happy new year to you."

"Well..." Said the spirit
"Still. I don't see anything that important going on. Just some ponies going around." Said Ebenezer

"Perhaps I must seek a different approach." He then snaps his fingers and they see the poor old worker and his family enjoying a nice meal.

"How in the world is Igneous Cratchit enjoying a meal so expensive with such family?" Ebenezer said with agony.
"He managed to receive some money from his fellow friends and family to enjoy a lovely evening."

"That's pointless! Money is to be used carefully, not in a dumb way!"
"May'be your remaining member of family blood could show you." Before they were about to leave one small filly stands up from his chair raising his glass of juice saying "Celestia bless us all!".

"Poor child. He won't live long."
"What?"

"I'm afraid there is no hope for him. He is quite sickly and could possibly fall to his death down the stairs."
"That's just a bunch of nonsense."

"Anything could go. Perhaps a decrease in the surplus population." Finally they stop by his nephews home to see him and his guests playing a game of yes or no.
"Alright. Let's see if you can guess this time." The dragon said with confidence.

"Is it a mare?"
"No."

"Is it a stallion?"
"No."

"Is it a donkey?" This upsets one guest in particular who seems to be a mule with a little attitude.
"Who's idea is it to call me out?! Just tell them Fred." Fred thinks for a second and responds with a "maybe".

"Maybe?! Just say it now, or forever be stuck with a permanent mark in your own mind!"
"Wait I think I got it! Is he rich?"

"Yes."
"Your Uncle Scrooge?"

"Yes that's it!"
"Thank goodness it's not me." Said the donkey. Ebenezer looks down with no pleasure before being interrupted by the spirit.
"Still not convinced?"

"Take me home so I can rest."
"Ah. But I'm afraid we can't do that now, since we have reached our time limit."

"Time? What about time?" Suddenly he notices a small hoof peeking out from underneath the robe. He becomes rather curious about what lies underneath.

"Mine telling me why there is a hoof peeking out all of a sudden?"
"If you insist." He takes off the robe revealing two fillies with different genders. One male and one female.

"Who are those wicked souls you show before me?"
"They are my children."

"How can such dreadful beings come from someone like you?"
"I don't know."

"Please send them away before I have nightmares."
"It's not going to happen. The girl Ignorance and the boy Want are just starting to grow up at this time. You currently hold something quite valuable. Life. But soon you will become bones into dust."

"It's just a part of life. Stuff happens."
"What about that little filly you mentioned wouldn't die so easily?" Ebenezer covers his mouth with both hands, realizing what he said in opposition of before.
"Please forgive for my words. I take back what I said earlier."

"Too late. Now you will suffer your fate of what lies ahead." Suddenly he feels a sudden weight in his right pocket.
"What's this?" Want crawls closer before breathing heavily on him.

"My... Precious!" He jumps and snatches the pocket watch before growing into a stallion. He creeps up to Scrooge licking his teeth with a creepy whisper.
"Are there no shelters?" In a second, he is chained to a wall and then hung by the neck along with his limp corpse being thrown into a pit of fire. The girl ages up too and begins to create a spell circle with her dark magic.

"Are there no workhouses?" She suffers a different punishment and is put in a straightjacket laughing manically. Seconds later she is drowned in a pit of maniacs. The Spirit laughs hard before the chime goes off causing his orange beard to go grey. The bell chimes again making his thick body become thin. Still laughing at his expense, he falls to the ground before his feathers fall off before laughing more into his final breath as he turns into bones.

"This is horrifying to see such poor man fall to his death." Suddenly his shadow begins to morph into a different figure.