Bedlam was a popular name for ST. Mary of Bethlehem hospital in London at the time of Dickens's classic. It was a hospital for the mentally disturbed. Scrooge felt that it was more sane there than outside where people foolishly (in his opinion) were celebrating Christmas.
The phrase "I'll retire to Bedlam" is meant to convey the speaker's humorously exaggerated declaration that they are going to go crazy or act foolishly. In A Christmas Carol, Alistair Sim's character is likely using it to express his whimsical intent to engage in some lighthearted mischief.
Scrooge says he will retire to the town of Blechingley, located in Surrey, England.
Who shal retire
If I had a nickel for every time I had to scold my kids, I could retire; no pun intended. That is a great sentence for the word pun since it refers to the humorous use of a word or phrase.
Retire
When you RETIRE you have no worries.
The Undertaker will retire when he dies
She wasn't going to retire yet.They decided to retire to bed for the night.
One Foot in the Grave - 1990 One Foot in the Algarve 4-7 is rated/received certificates of: UK:PG (video rating) (1994)
the band did not retire
most can retire after 20 years.
Retire is a verb.