No Christmas gift, no gift from the ghost of Christmas future, could match the gift that Jonas Salk revealed in April 1955—a successful polio vaccine. And a gift it was: Dr. Salk refused to seek ...

Scrooge is shocked by their appearance. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come arrives and shows Scrooge visions of the future. He shows him that Bob Cratchit’s son, Tiny Tim, will die. He also ...

The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come shows a possible future in which Scrooge's fears are realised and Tiny Tim has died. At the end of the novella, after Scrooge changes his character, we learn ...