The main ideas in a text are called themes. In A Christmas Carol these include Christmas, redemption and social injustice. Dickens also deals with the themes of family and forgiveness.
There are many themes running through Dickens's famous novella, not least of all Christmas! In this story of a miserlyBeing ungenerous, particularly with money. man, we are presented with ideas of greed, forgiveness and tricky concepts of time, as well as themes of generosity and compassion.