Just in time for Christmas, I’ve regendered one of the most classic stories, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. The story of Scrooge being confronted by three spirits, past, present, and future, in order to change his ways and find redemption is one that continues to resonate today. The numerous adaptations and rereleases are proof of this.

Once again, names proved to be one of the trickiest parts of regendering this novel. Ebenezer is such an iconic name, so closely aligned with Scrooge, that I was loathed to change it. During the regendering process, however, I found it only appeared in the text twice. So, in order to emphasise the change in gender, I chose to regender the name to Evelyn Scrooge. Similarly, Tiny Tim is nearly as famous as Scrooge but I chose to regender the character to Timara, in order to emphasis the change in gender while still feeling close to the original Tiny Tim.

One particularly problematic chapter concerned shaving, one of those activities that doesn’t regender easily. I chose to replace it with combing, which isn’t really the same but close enough within the context of this novel.

The last tricky section was towards the end, where the family had gathered together. There’s plenty of romantic situations developing which don’t feel natural after being regendered, but that is one the main reasons I have for The ReGender Project. By examining these situations, looking at them from different points of view, I hope we’ll start presenting the genders more equally.

Thank you for reading my Regendered novel, A Christmas Carol. I hope you have a very happy holiday!