who called Christmas a Humbug and why?
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Bah! Humbug!" is, perhaps, one of the most famous utterances to issue forth from the mouth of Charles Dickens's exquisite creation, Ebenezer Scrooge. It first appears in the novella when Scrooge's nephew, Fred, bursts into the counting house and cries, in a cheerful voice, "A merry Christmas uncle!
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Answer:
Ebenezer Scrooge
Explanation:
When referring to a person, a humbug means a fraud or impostor, implying an element of unjustified publicity and spectacle. In modern usage, the word is most associated with the character Ebenezer Scrooge, created by Charles Dickens in his 1843 novella A Christmas Carol. His famous reference to Christmas, "Bah! Humbug!", declaring Christmas to be a fraud, is commonly used in stage and screen versions and also appeared frequently in the original book. The word is also prominently used in the 1900 book The Wizard of Oz, in which the Scarecrow refers to the Wizard as a humbug, and the Wizard agrees.
Alternative root based on Millers Fly Leaves: During continental war in the 1700s many false reports and lying bulletins were fabricated in Hamburg, Germany. The phrase ‘this is Hamburg’ was in Britain shortened to ‘Humbugs’. This then is a statement of disbelief I.e. Bah Humbug. If one says ‘you had that from Hamburg’, it is an expression of incredulity. We don’t know who Miller was.