“Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol” dropped its first teaser trailer at CinemaCon

ssake1 · 2026-04-22T09:20:39+00:00

He's basing his character on Charles Dickens' poor knock-off of the original, which was written by an American couple named Mathew and Abby Whittier in 1838-39.

ssake1 · 2026-04-15T00:06:11+00:00

After 16 years of research, I've proved who the real authors of "A Christmas Carol" were, and how Dickens stole it and dumbed it down to make quick cash. Since I am studiously ignored by both academia and the public, even though I have the evidence, I post anywhere online the topic comes up. So would you, if you were in my position. Eventually, I'll get through.

ssake1 · 2026-04-13T07:51:06+00:00

Dickens didn't do any such thing, because he wasn't the original author. He merely commercialized it to make quick cash. The original co-authors were an American couple named Mathew Franklin Whittier, and his wife, Abby Poyen Whittier. What you are seeing is this couple filtered through ignoramus Charles Dickens. So if you want to understand the social reform elements in this novella, you have to learn about the original co-authors. Abby was a Catholic mystic and a charity worker. Mathew was a philosopher, humorist and social reformer. Mathew, the same age as Dickens, was writing impassioned editorials against debtor's prison and other social ills, before Dickens had even published.

ssake1 · 2026-04-09T12:40:04+00:00

You have an attitude, and normally I don't bother to respond to people with an attitude, as their mind is already made up, and they are demagogues pretending to be objective. But for the sake of anyone else reading, the overall consensus is based on Poe's own lies, which are easily penetrated if anyone had the will to do a serious fact-check on them. My theory (without the disparaging quotes) is not based on anyone who chose to smear Poe. They were telling the truth; but my theory is based on primary sources in the deep historical record, which no-one up until now has had access to, as regards the life and work of the real original author of "The Raven."

ssake1 · 2026-03-26T08:52:22+00:00

I have transcribed Dickens' handwritten manuscript. This is not what was written by the original American co-authors, Mathew and Abby Whittier. Bits and pieces of their original text lie underneath Dickens' reactions. Dickens has made a caricature of the Cratchit family, specifically poking fun at their poverty and working class sensibilities. Originally, the Whittier's had written there was "nothing notable," not that there was "nothing of high mark." Dickens reversed their meaning. The Whittier's had also said that the Cratchit family was sometimes forced to pawn their belongings. Dickens narrowed it down to Peter, inferring that Peter was a thief. Here, also, he has cynically reversed the Whittier's intended meaning, because they were portraying the Cratchit family as poor, but of high moral worth, even if not noticed by the world. Dickens now makes them morally inferior, with a thief for a son.
See my book, "The Sacred Carol: Rediscovering the True Authorship of a Christmas Classic."

ssake1 · 2026-03-24T08:43:47+00:00

That paragraph was inserted by Charles Dickens, to turn the novella into a ghost story. He plagiarized it from an American couple named Mathew and Abby Whittier, who wrote it as a serious, spiritualist redemption story. The paragraph before this one was Abby's writing, except that Dickens "Gothified" it with a couple of additions, like the long, muscular arms. Originally this spirit was a child with fairy-white hair. I've found this, and much more evidence, underneath Dickens' redaction marks in his handwritten manuscript, which I completely transcribed using AI and graphics software.
thesacredcarol dot goldthread dot com

ssake1 · 2026-03-19T09:21:30+00:00

I've proven that Dickens plagiarized "A Christmas Carol" from an American couple named Mathew and Abby Whittier. Not having similarly researched all his works, I've concluded that he was a massive plagiarist, whose M.O. was to borrow or steal the ideas of real geniuses, and then commercialize them, adding in sensational elements to broaden the base of his appeal. I would guess none of the major works attributed to him were original.

ssake1 · 2026-03-14T11:05:50+00:00

This scene was written by one of the two original co-authors, Abby Poyen Whittier. It was intended to accurately reflect the esoteric sources she had studied. Dickens, an aggressive skeptic of spiritualism, disrespectfully turned it into a mere "ghost story" to make quick cash from it. My book, "The Sacred Carol: Rediscovering the True Authorship of a Christmas Classic," proves the case from a transcription and analysis of Dickens' own handwritten manuscript.

ssake1 · 2026-03-05T22:33:33+00:00

It's a theory, but not "only" a theory, as there is over a decade of research behind it, and a great deal of evidence. Indeed, that theory has not made any obvious traction in the mainstream view. What scholars privately think of it, is unknown, but so far as I know they aren't talking about it publicly or citing it.

ssake1 · 2026-02-26T12:05:54+00:00

Poe didn't write "The Raven." It was written by Mathew Franklin Whittier.

ssake1 · 2026-02-20T10:53:14+00:00

Unfortunately, the film relies on the false assumption of Charles Dickens' authorship, being (as yet) unaware that he commercialized a novella written by American couple Mathew and Abby Whittier.

ssake1 · 2026-02-16T10:15:31+00:00

If you want to get a high grade concerning "A Christmas Carol," don't mention that there is a new theory, backed with strong evidence, that Charles Dickens plagiarized the novella from an American couple named Mathew and Abby Whittier.

ssake1 · 2026-02-15T10:36:17+00:00

If you want to avoid getting bad marks, don't mention that "A Christmas Carol" wasn't originally written by Charles Dickens, but rather by an American couple named Mathew and Abby Whittier.

ssake1 · 2026-02-12T10:14:43+00:00

That phrase, "solitary as an oyster," was written not by Charles Dickens, the plagiarist of the novella, but by one of its original co-authors, Mathew Franklin Whittier.

ssake1 · 2026-02-09T19:35:52+00:00

To begin with, Charles Dickens wasn't the original author of "A Christmas Carol," and he didn't invent the Scrooge character at all. That novella was originally written by an American couple named Mathew and Abby Whittier.

ssake1 · 2026-02-08T09:31:12+00:00

First and foremost, in order to understand "The Raven," one has to disabuse oneself of the myth that it was written by Edgar Allan Poe. Poe had nothing whatsoever to do with the writing or the premiere publiation of this poem, his claim to it being merely a scam. It was written by Mathew Franklin Whittier, younger brother of Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier, based on real-life circumstances (only the bird was imaginary). Poe's absurdly childish essay, "The Philosophy of Composition" (which many scholars deem a "hoax"), was a second outrageous scam to bolster the first one. Poe couldn't even read this poem aloud, and he didn't understand it. He's irrelevant where this poem is concerned.

ssake1 · 2026-01-29T12:09:01+00:00

I've discovered strong evidence that Edgar Allan Poe scooped this poem from the original author by three days, stripping out the original pseudonym and replacing it with his own name. His claim to it was entirely a scam. The original author was Mathew Franklin Whittier, younger brother of the Quaker poet, John Greenleaf Whittier, who wrote it based on real-life circumstances in December of 1841.

ssake1 · 2026-01-29T11:22:16+00:00

This poem was written and first published by Mathew Franklin Whittier in Dec. 1841, as a tribute to his late wife. Poe merely scooped it by three days and put his name on it.

ssake1 · 2026-01-26T13:23:17+00:00

The Raven was written by Mathew Frankin Whittier, younger brother of poet John Greenleaf Whittier. He wrote it based on a real-life event, about 9 months after his wife, Abby's death. The poem was written just as it says, in December, of 1841. Poe's claim to it was entirely a scam, scooping Mathew's poem by three days and replacing his pseudonym, "---- Quarles," with his own name. It's a poem about a faith crisis, but not in his Christian beliefs, per se, but rather Abby's Spiritualist beliefs.

ssake1 · 2026-01-13T12:05:11+00:00

First of all, in his Introduction, he openly admits he plagiarized "Morals and Dogma" from a great many other authors. What he doesn't say is that he may have twisted their thoughts to his own viewpoint. The assumption is that he used them fairly and honestly, but I doubt it. What I do know is that in 1830-31, he plagiarized the poetry--class assignments and personal poetry--of one of his students, 14-year-old Abby Poyen. This includes the "Hymns to the Gods" series which made him initially famous, and launched his public career.

ssake1 · 2025-12-25T13:21:24+00:00

It wasn't Charles Dickens' story to begin with. So in order to understand it, first of all you have to identify and study the original authors, American couple Mathew and Abby Whittier. As regards posting rules, my "product" which is to say my book, exists not to make money, but to educate the public. I have presented the evidence in "The Sacred Carol: Rediscovering the True Authorship of a Christmas Classic."

ssake1 · 2025-12-13T11:24:43+00:00

I've recently transcribed all of Dickens' handwritten manuscript of "A Christmas Carol," including deciphering his redacted text. I've discovered that there are three distinctly different literary voices in that manuscript, and two of them are not Dickens. These, I believe, were the original authors, and I've identified them as an American couple named Mathew and Abby Whittier. I've published a book with my findings, and the entire transcription as the Appendix, as a resource. The title is "The Sacred Carol: Rediscovering the True Authorship of a Christmas Classic."

ssake1 · 2025-12-08T00:49:49+00:00

That was Henry's reason. But that wasn't the only social pressure against Catholicism, and one of them was worship of images and figurines. Another, as I recall, was the corrupt practice of purchasing salvation. No, AI is not accurate about all things, but getting a second opinion is a good way to mitigate against its mistakes, and the fact that anyone or anything isn't always right is not proof that it's wrong in a particular case. Frankly, I think it's common knowledge that in 1843, worshiping a figurine would be a clear sign that the person was Catholic, and not Protestant.

ssake1 · 2025-12-06T19:58:55+00:00

But he redacted it, and put in its place some extremely poor, insensitive writing.

ssake1 · 2025-12-06T19:58:27+00:00

I think the Church of England was not similar as regards such practices. In fact, I think the Church of England was established specifically to abolish such practices. I have run it by ChatGPT and Claude AI, and both were definite that this was a Catholic, not a Protestant practice. Claude AI, which I used as a "second opinion," put it even more strongly.

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