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The reason Scrooge hated Christmas was because he didn\'t want to pay his workers. Jacob Marley isn\'t Jewish either; sure they both have Hebrew first names but neither Scrooge nor Marley are Jewish surnames and gentiles can also have Hebrew names. Plus, Scrooge\'s nose is described as \
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The reason Scrooge hated Christmas was because he didn\\\'t want to pay his workers. Jacob Marley isn\\\'t Jewish either; sure they both have Hebrew first names but neither Scrooge nor Marley are Jewish surnames and gentiles can also have Hebrew names. Plus, Scrooge\\\'s nose is described as \\\"pointed\\\" with no further descriptions, not \\\"hooked\\\". (So yeah most depictions of Scrooge get his nose wrong.) Scrooge is also described as having thin lips and \\\"icy blue\\\" eyes, both of which are the opposite of antisemitic caricatures which have thick lips and dark eyes.
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The reason Scrooge hated Christmas was because he didn\'t want to pay his workers. Jacob Marley isn\'t Jewish either; sure they both have Hebrew first names but neither Scrooge nor Marley are Jewish surnames and gentiles can also have Hebrew names. Plus, Scrooge\'s nose is described as \
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The reason Scrooge hated Christmas was because he didn\\\'t want to pay his workers. Jacob Marley isn\\\'t Jewish either; sure they both have Hebrew first names but neither Scrooge nor Marley are Jewish surnames and gentiles can also have Hebrew names. Plus, Scrooge\\\'s nose is described as \\\"pointed\\\" with no further descriptions, not \\\"hooked\\\". (So yeah most depictions of Scrooge get his nose wrong.) Scrooge is also described as having thin lips and \\\"icy blue\\\" eyes, both of which are the opposite of antisemitic caricatures having thick lips and dark eyes.
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The reason Scrooge hated Christmas was because he didn\'t want to pay his workers. Jacob Marley isn\'t Jewish either; sure they both have Hebrew first names but neither Scrooge nor Marley are Jewish surnames and gentiles can also have Hebrew names. Plus, Scrooge\'s nose is described as \
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The reason Scrooge hated Christmas was because he didn\\\'t want to pay his workers. Jacob Marley isn\\\'t Jewish either; sure they both have Hebrew first names but neither Scrooge nor Marley are Jewish surnames and gentiles can also have Hebrew names. Plus, Scrooge\\\'s nose is described as \\\"pointed\\\" with no further descriptions, not \\\"hooked\\\". (So yeah most depictions of Scrooge get his nose wrong. Also not all big noses are stereotypically Jewish; stereotypically Jewish noses are described as \\\"hooked\\\" and turned downwards.) Scrooge is also described as having thin lips and \\\"icy blue\\\" eyes, both of which are the opposite of antisemitic caricatures having thick lips and dark eyes.
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The reason Scrooge hated Christmas was because he didn\'t want to pay his workers. Jacob Marley isn\'t Jewish either; sure they both have Hebrew first names but neither Scrooge nor Marley are Jewish surnames and gentiles can also have Hebrew names. Plus, Scrooge\'s nose is described as \
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The reason Scrooge hated Christmas was because he didn\\\'t want to pay his workers. Jacob Marley isn\\\'t Jewish either; sure they both have Hebrew first names but neither Scrooge nor Marley are Jewish surnames and gentiles can also have Hebrew names. Plus, Scrooge\\\'s nose is described as \\\"pointed\\\" with no further descriptions, not \\\"hooked\\\" (so yeah most depictions of Scrooge get his nose wrong). Scrooge is also described as having thin lips and \\\"icy blue\\\" eyes, both of which are the opposite of antisemitic caricatures having thick lips and dark eyes.
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The reason Scrooge hated Christmas was because he didn\'t want to pay his workers. Jacob Marley isn\'t Jewish either; sure they both have Hebrew first names but neither Scrooge nor Marley are Jewish surnames and gentiles can also have Hebrew names. Plus, Scrooge\'s nose is described as \
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The reason Scrooge hated Christmas was because he didn\\\'t want to pay his workers. Jacob Marley isn\\\'t Jewish either; sure they both have Hebrew first names but neither Scrooge nor Marley are Jewish surnames and gentiles can also have Hebrew names. Plus, Scrooge\\\'s nose is described as \\\"pointed\\\" with no further descriptions not \\\"hooked\\\" (later illustrations get this depiction of Scrooge wrong). Scrooge is also described as having thin lips and \\\"icy blue\\\" eyes, both of which are the opposite of antisemitic caricatures having thick lips and dark eyes.
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The reason Scrooge hated Christmas was because he didn\'t want to pay his workers. Jacob Marley isn\'t Jewish either; sure they both have Hebrew first names but neither Scrooge nor Marley are Jewish surnames and gentiles can also have Hebrew names. Plus, Scrooge\'s nose is described as \
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The reason Scrooge hated Christmas was because he didn\\\'t want to pay his workers. Jacob Marley isn\\\'t Jewish either; sure they both have Hebrew first names but neither Scrooge nor Marley are Jewish surnames and gentiles can also have Hebrew names. Plus, Scrooge\\\'s nose is described as \\\"pointed\\\" with no further descriptions not \\\"hooked\\\" (later illustrations get this depiction of Scrooge wrong). He is also described with thin lips which differs from antisemitic caricatures having thick lips. He is also described as having \\\"icy blue\\\" eyes, which is the furthest one can get from stereotypical Jewish eyes which are described as dark.
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The reason Scrooge hated Christmas was because he didn\'t want to pay his workers. Jacob Marley isn\'t Jewish either; sure they both have Hebrew first names but neither Scrooge nor Marley are Jewish surnames and gentiles can also have Hebrew names. Plus, Scrooge\'s nose is described as \
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The reason Scrooge hated Christmas was because he didn\\\'t want to pay his workers. Jacob Marley isn\\\'t Jewish either; sure they both have Hebrew first names but neither Scrooge nor Marley are Jewish surnames and gentiles can also have Hebrew names. Plus, Scrooge\\\'s nose is described as \\\"pointed\\\" and not \\\"hooked\\\", and he is also described with thin lips which differs from antisemitic caricatures having thick lips. He is also described as having \\\"icy blue\\\" eyes, which is the furthest one can get from stereotypical Jewish eyes which are described as dark.
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