There was no doubt about that . But it had undergone a surprising transformation . The walls and ceiling were so hung with living green , that it looked a perfect grove ; from every part of which bright gleaming berries glistened . The crisp leaves of holly , mistletoe , and ivy reflected back the light , as if so many little mirrors had been scattered there ; and such a mighty blaze went roaring up the chimney as that dull petrifaction of a hearth had never known in Scrooge 's time , or Marley 's , or for many and many a winter season gone . Heaped up on the floor , to form a kind of throne , were turkeys , geese , game , poultry , brawn , great joints of meat , sucking-pigs , long wreaths of sausages , mince-pies , plum-puddings , barrels of oysters , red-hot chestnuts , cherry-cheeked apples , juicy oranges , luscious pears , immense twelfth-cakes , and seething bowls of punch , that made the chamber dim with their delicious steam . In easy state upon this couch there sat a jolly Giant , glorious to see ; who bore a glowing torch , in shape not unlike Plenty 's horn , and held it up , high up , to shed its light on Scrooge as he came peeping round the door . `` Come in ! '' exclaimed the Ghost . `` Come in ! and know me better , man ! '' Scrooge entered timidly , and hung his head before this Spirit . He was not the dogged Scrooge he had been ; and , though the Spirit 's eyes were clear and kind , he did not like to meet them . `` I am the Ghost of Christmas Present , '' said the Spirit . `` Look upon me ! '' Scrooge reverently did so . It was clothed in one simple deep green robe , or mantle , bordered with white fur . This garment hung so loosely on the figure , that its capacious breast was bare , as if disdaining to be warded or concealed by any artifice . Its feet , observable beneath the ample folds of the garment , were also bare ; and on its head it wore no other covering than a holly wreath , set here and there with shining icicles . Its dark brown curls were long and free ; free as its genial face , its sparkling eye , its open hand , its cheery voice , its unconstrained demeanour , and its joyful air . Girded round its middle was an antique scabbard ; but no sword was in it , and the ancient sheath was eaten up with rust .
`` You have never seen the like XXXXX me before ! ''
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