Marley, "A Christmas melody"

Marley wasn't dead to begin with. We know this, because there is rouge in his cheeks. Pink on the tip of his nose. Life glistening in his bright cerulean eyes. His parted plump pink lips show a smile. His chest rising and falling indicates breath. He has only one indicator of death, a periodic ring in his ears that sounds much like a hammer tapping metal on an anvil.