Our old fictional friend Ebenezer Scrooge had a bone to pick with Christmas. He felt its annual arrival picked his pocket of gold he could be making, save for his begrudging gift of the day off to his abused clerk, Bob Cratchit.

Imagine how poor Scrooge would writhe in anguish in today’s world. Not only do most folks get a few days off for Christmas, but the newly minted sports pocket pickers never seem to end. The Super Bowl. March Madness. The World Series. The NBA Finals. Summer Olympics. Winter Olympics. And this week, Scrooge would be shaking his fist at the World Cup, which, for the information of the few who live in TV-less caves, kicked off June 13.

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