In Charles Dickens play and story A Christmas Carol Scrooge's whole experience is a fantasy as stated. The first evidence is the entrance of the ghost. The ghost carries the chains and clanks around. His presence is that of his former worker Jacob Marley.
The second evidence are the three spirits. He is transported through time (also a fantasy) into the different times in his life. In the past he sees what he ahd wanted but let go. In the present he sees the sufferings and joys of those who work for him. In the future he is able to see what he will become.
Like in the story, The Wizard of Oz, he wakes up to the morning after he had gone to sleep. The reader is aware that it could have been a real experience or just a dream which is a fantasy like state of being.
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