KA Christmas challenge dilemma

I decided to enter the KA Christmas fic challenge and had what I thought was a brilliant idea! I would do a variation of "A Christmas Carol" using the Hogwarts characters. I wanted to write a sweet story of redemption. It was all going quite well until tonight.
Tonight, I went over to Occlumency to read the latest installment of KEC when I noticed not one, but TWO other fics based on the Dickens classic.
Needless to say, I was crushed.
Mine is different than both, even though the other authors used Snape in the Scrooge role, just as I have done (I mean, really, who else needs a visit from those Christmas spirits?). But now I'm a bit deflated...and wondering if I should just abandon it all together and begin anew...

( Here's a couple of paragraphs... )

Tell me what you think, please.