A Christmas Carol

For such a short novel, why is there so much time spent viewing dancing and a party?

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I think that the merriment is meant to juxtapose merriment with Scrooge's choice of misery and isolation. Scrooge recognizes the happiness an mirth of these times which causes him to reflect on what his life has become.