What in the Dickens?

Found this among my Christmas reading:

"A Toast at a Dickens Party"

'The Spirits had shown Ebenezer
that it was wrong to cheat and steal,
But I say the spirits were mistaken.

We must cheat!
We must steal!
We must drink!

We must cheat death!
We must steal time to be with loved ones!
And we must drink in the happiness of this holiday season!'