Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

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The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come is a character in English novelist Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. The term "future" was not as widely used in Dickens' time, but contemporary re-tellings of the story often describe the spirit as the "Ghost of Christmas Future".

The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come is one of three spirits that haunts the miser Ebenezer Scrooge, in order to prompt him to adopt a more caring attitude in life and avoid the horrid afterlife of his business partner, Jacob Marley. It is the most fearsome of the three ghosts. It showed him scenes from the future, including the mourning of his clerk Bob Cratchit over the death of Tiny Tim, and the lack of attention given to the deceased at a funeral, finally revealed by the gravestone to be Scrooge's own. Implied, however, is that the future does not have to be – but Scrooge must change to make this happen.

The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come appeared to Scrooge as a figure entirely muffled in a black hooded robe, except for a single gaunt hand with which it pointed. It never spoke or made any sort of vocal noise. It may have been inspired by visual representations of the Grim Reaper.

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