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the manager was a crotchety old man. Everyone said he hated Christmas, and the youth in our community said he told them to leave when they came caroling. From what people told me about him, I figured I was likely to get shot if he found me going through his dumpster. But I was not about to get that close to my goal and still fail, so I grabbed the step stool and my small flashlight and headed to the dumpster of the man everyone had nicknamed Scrooge. 19