A Christmas Carol (1984)/Transcript

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* Old Marley was as dead as a doornail.
*
* This must be distinctly understood...
*
* ...or nothing wonderful can come
* of this story I am going to relate.
*
* On Christmas night all Christians sing
*
* To hear the news the angels bring
*
* Thank you, sir.
*
* To hear the news the angels bring
*
* Merry Christmas.
* Merry Christmas.
*
* Holly! Get your Christmas holly!
*
* Seven years ago today.
*
* What's that you say?
*
*
*
* Mr. Marley died.
* Seven years ago this very day.
*
* Would it be too much to ask...
*
* ...that you return to the work
* for which I pay you so handsomely?
*
* Mr. Cratchit!
*
* The fire's gone cold, Mr. Scrooge.
*
* Come over here, Mr. Cratchit.
*
* What is this?
* A shirt.
*
* And this?
* A waistcoat.
*
* And this?
* A coat.
*
* These are garments.
*
* Garments were invented
* as protection against the cold.
*
* Once purchased,
* they may be used indefinitely...
*
* ...for the purpose
* for which they are intended.
*
* Coal burns.
*
*
*
* Coal is momentary, and coal is costly.
*
* There will be no more coal
* burnt in this office today.
*
* Is that quite clear, Mr. Cratchit?
* Yes, sir.
*
* Get back to work
* before I'm forced to conclude...
*
* ...that your services
* are no longer required.
*
* Yes, sir.
*
* Merry Christmas, Bob Cratchit.
* - The same to you, Mr. Fred.
*
* Merry Christmas, Uncle.
*
* I said, merry Christmas, Uncle.
*
* Humbug.
*
* Christmas, a humbug, Uncle?
*
* Surely you don't mean that.
* I do.
*
* What's Christmas...
*
* ...but a time for buying things...
*
* ...for which you have no need,
* no money?
*
* Time for finding yourself
* a year older, not an hour richer.
*
* If I could work my will...
*
* ...every idiot who has
* "Merry Christmas" on his lips...
*
* ...should be boiled
* in his own pudding...
*
* ...and buried with a stake of hollies
* through his heart.
*
* Come now, Uncle.
*
* You keep Christmas in your way,
* and let me keep it in mine.
*
* You don't keep it.
*
* Let me leave it alone then.
*
* Much good it may do you.
* Much good it has done you.
*
* There are many things
* in which I might have derived good...
*
* ...from which I have not profited.
* Christmas, among the rest.
*
* But I've always thought
* of Christmastime as a good time...
*
* ...a kindlier, forgiving,
* charitable time...
*
* ...when men and women
* see their one consent...
*
* ...to open their shut-up hearts
* freely to their fellow creatures.
*
* Though it has never put a scrap
* of gold or silver into my pocket...
*
* ...I do believe
* that it has done me good.
*
* And I say, God bless it.
*
* Not a sound from you.
*
* And you'll keep your Christmas
* by losing your situation.
*
* You're a powerful speaker.
* I wonder you don't go into Parliament.
*
* Please don't be angry, Uncle.
* Come. Dine with us tomorrow.
*
* Dine? I'd see myself in hell first.
*
* It would be a great joy to me.
* And to my wife.
*
* Yes, your wife.
*
* I'm told she brought little
* to the marriage. A poor girl.
*
* I love her.
*
* And she loves me.
*
* Love.
*
* Good afternoon, Nephew.
*
* I want nothing from you.
*
* I ask nothing of you.
*
* Why can't we be friends?
* You are wasting my time.
*
* I'm sorry to find you
* so resolute.
*
* We've never had a quarrel,
* so far as I know.
*
* And so I shall keep my good humor
* and wish you a merry Christmas.
*
* Goodbye.
* And a happy New Year.
*
* How's that fine family of yours?
* Well. All very well.
*
* You'll give them my best wishes?
* Yes, I shall. Thank you.
*
* Goodbye, Crotch“.
* Goodbye, s“.
*
* And a merry Christmas.
*
* Idiot.
*
* And he's made me late to Bushnel.
*
* I'm off to the Exchange.
*
* Don't lock up a moment early.
* No, sir.
*
* You'll want all day tomorrow,
* I suppose?
*
* If it's quite convenient, sir.
* It is not convenient.
*
* And it's not fair.
*
* If I were to hold back half a crown
* from your pay for it...
*
* ...you'd think yourself ill-used.
* But you don't think me ill-used...
*
* ...when I pay a day's wages
* for no work.
*
* Christmas comes once a year.
*
* Poor excuse for picking a man's pocket
* every 25th of December.
*
* But I suppose you must have it.
*
* Be here earlier the next morning.
* Yes, sir, I shall.
*
* Make sure.
* Yes, sir.
*
* And a merry Christmas to you.
* - Humbug!
*
* Merry Christmas,
* Mr. Scrooge.
*
* Don't beg on this corner, boy.
*
* I'm not begging, sir.
* I'm Tim. Tim Cratchit.
*
* I'm waiting for my father.
*
* Tim Cratchit, huh? Well then,
* you'll have a long wait, won't you?
*
* Thank you, sir.
* Humbug.
*
* Our Savior Christ and His Lady
*
* On Christmas day
* On Christmas day
*
* Our Savior Christ and His Lady
* On Christmas day in the morning
*
* Clear the road. Out of the way.
* Let me through.
*
* On Christmas day
* On Christmas day
*
* Pray, wither sailed those ships all three
* On Christmas day in the morning
*
* His reason weak, his anger sharp
* And sorrow all his pay
*
* Merry Christmas, sir.
*
* He went to church but once a year
* And that was Christmas day
*
* Merry Christmas, sir.
*
* So grant us all a change of heart
*
* Rejoice for Mary's son
*
* Pray, peace on earth
* To all mankind
*
* God bless us everyone
*
* The 18th of January.
* The 18th of January.
*
* - The open market. Open market?
* - Buying here. Buying.
*
* We were afraid you weren't coming.
* It's almost closing, sir.
*
* I'm here.
* I said you'd be here.
*
* Didn't I say Ebenezer Scrooge
* would be here?
*
* I knew you'd change your mind.
* You're right. I've changed my mind.
*
* Then you'll take our bid?
* The price has gone up.
*
* Gone up? That's not possible.
*
* You want my corn,
* you must meet my quote.
*
* Plus five percent
* for the delay.
*
* You'll be left with a warehouse
* stuffed with corn.
*
* That's my affair.
* If we pay your price...
*
* ...our bread will be dearer.
* The poor will suffer.
*
* Buy the corn
* someplace else.
*
* Scrooge, a moment.
*
* We'll take your corn at the price
* you quoted yesterday.
*
* Too late. Tomorrow it'll cost
* you another five percent.
*
* It's not fair!
*
* No. But it's business.
*
* I'll give you a moment
* to make up your minds.
*
* All right, Scrooge.
* Done and done.
*
* Very good, gentlemen.
*
* Now make sure that the draw
* for this transaction...
*
* ...is deposited with my clerk.
*
* I don't ship until I have
* the cash in hand. Good day.
*
* Mr. Scrooge, I presume?
* Indeed you do, sir.
*
* You don't know us.
* Nor do I wish to.
*
* My name is Poole,
* and this is Mr. Hacking.
*
* Excellent. Now allow me to pass.
* Let me explain.
*
* At this festive season of the year,
* it seems desirable...
*
* ...that those of us with means
* should make some provision...
*
* ...for the poor and destitute
* who suffer greatly at this time.
*
* Provision?
* Are you seeking money from me?
*
* Thousands are in want
* of common necessaries...
*
* ...and in want of common comforts.
*
* Are there no prisons?
* Plenty of prisons.
*
* Are the workhouses in operation?
* - I wish I could say no.
*
* The treadmill, the poorhouses...
*
* ...still in full vigor?
* All very busy, sir.
*
* I was afraid from what you said...
*
* ...that something had stopped them
* in full force.
*
* A few of us are endeavoring
* to raise a fund...
*
* ...to buy the poor some meat, drink,
* food and warmth.
*
* What can we put you down for, sir?
* Nothing.
*
* You wish to be anonymous?
* I wish to be left alone.
*
* Since you asked me what I wish,
* that is my answer.
*
* I don't make merry myself
* at Christmas...
*
* ...and I can't afford
* to make idle people merry.
*
* My taxes help to support
* the public institutions.
*
* And they cost enough.
*
* Those who are badly off must go there.
*
* Many can't go there.
* And many would rather die.
*
* Well, if they would rather die,
* perhaps they had better do so...
*
* ...and decrease
* the surplus population.
*
* You don't mean that?
* With all my heart.
*
* Now, if you will
* go about your business...
*
* ...and allow me to go about mine.
* Good day.
*
* Father!
*
* Tim.
*
* You must be frozen.
*
* I'm all right now.
*
* Can we go home by Corn Hill and watch
* the children play in the snow?
*
* Of course we can.
*
* Tim, I'm to have
* the whole day off tomorrow.
*
* We'll be together,
* the whole family for the entire day!
*
* Hurrah for Christmas,
* the best day of the year!
*
* He strove for silver in his heart
*
* And gold in all his days
*
* His reason weak, his anger sharp
* And sorrow all his pay
*
* He went to church but once a year
*
* Look.
* They're having such fun, Father.
*
* Go on, catch it.
*
* You'll be there one day, playing
* with the other children.
*
* I'm quite sure I will.
*
* I feel I'm getting stronger every day.
*
* We must go home now.
* Your mother will be waiting.
*
* Yes. It's time to go home.
*
* Scrooge.
*
* Ebenezer Scrooge.
*
* Who's calling me?
*
* Someone call my name?
*
* Scrooge.
*
* Scrooge.
*
* Scrooge.
*
* Marley?
*
* Scrooge.
*
* Humbug.
*
* It's humbug. I won't believe it.
*
* What do you want with me?
*
* Much.
*
* Who are you?
* Ask me who I was.
*
* You are particular for a ghost.
* Who were you then?
*
* In life, I was your partner,
* Jacob Marley.
*
* Well, can you sit down'?
* I can.
*
* Well, do it then.
*
* You don't believe in me.
*
* I don't.
*
* What evidence would you have
* of my reality...
*
* ...beyond that of your own senses?
* I don't know.
*
* Why do you doubt your senses?
*
* Because a little thing affects them.
* A slight disorder of the stomach.
*
* You might be a bit of bad beef
* or a blot of mustard...
*
* ...or a fragment
* of an underdone potato.
*
* There's more of gravy than a grave
* about you, whatever you are. Humbug.
*
* Mercy.
*
* Dreadful apparition.
* Why do you trouble me?
*
* Man of the worldly mind,
* do you believe in me or not?
*
* I do! I must!
*
* But why do spirits walk the earth?
* Why do you come to me?
*
* It is required of every man...
*
* ...that the spirit within him
* should walk abroad...
*
* ...among his fellow men
* and travel far and wide.
*
* And if that spirit
* goes not forth in life...
*
* ...it is condemned
* to do so after death.
*
* It is doomed to wander
* through the world...
*
* ...and witness what it cannot share.
*
* But might have shared.
*
* And turn to happiness.
*
* You're chained. Tell me why.
*
* I wear the chain I forged in life.
*
* I made it link by link
* and yard by yard.
*
* Is its pattern strange to you...
*
* ...or would you know
* the weight and length...
*
* ...of the strong coil
* you bear yourself?
*
* It was as full, as heavy...
*
* ...and as long as this
* seven Christmas Eves ago.
*
* You have labored on it since.
* It is a ponderous chain!
*
* I see no chain.
*
* Mine were invisible...
*
* ...until the day of my death...
*
* ...as yours shall be.
*
* Jacob.
*
* Tell me more.
* Speak comfort to me.
*
* I have none to give.
*
* My Spirit...
*
* ...never walked
* beyond our countinghouse.
*
* In life, my spirit never roved
* beyond the narrow limits...
*
* ...of our money-changing hole.
*
* No doubt of that.
* You were a good man of business.
*
* Business?
*
* Mankind was my business.
*
* The common welfare was my business.
*
* Charity, mercy, forbearance
* and benevolence were all my business.
*
* The dealings of my trade
* were but a drop of water...
*
* ...in the comprehensive ocean
* of my business!
*
* I'm sorry for you, Jacob.
* Ls there anything I can do for you?
*
* For me?
*
* Nay. It is too late.
*
* But I have come...
*
* ...for your sake, Ebenezer.
*
* Have you?
* Well, you always were a good friend.
*
* As part of my penance...
*
* ...I have been sent to warn you.
* And so you have.
*
* And to offer you a hope and chance
* of escaping my fate...
*
* ...you will be haunted
* by three spirits.
*
* Three spirits? Is that the chance
* and hope you mention?
*
* It is.
*
* In that case, I think I'd rather not.
*
* Expect the first tonight...
*
* ...when the bell tolls one.
*
* Couldn't they all come
* at the same time and have it over?
*
* Expect the second
* on the stroke of two.
*
* The third, more mercurial...
*
* ...shall appear in his own good time.
*
* Look to me no more.
*
* Look that you may remember...
*
* ...what has passed between us.
*
* Humbug.
*
* Something I ate.
*
* One.
*
* What was it Marley said?
*
* Nothing.
*
* Just a dream.
*
* Are you the spirit whose coming
* was foretold to me?
*
* I am.
*
* Who and what are you?
*
* I am the Ghost of Christmas Past.
*
* Long past'?
* No. Your past.
*
* Perhaps you would do me the favor...
*
* ...of placing upon your head that cap
* that you hold in your hand.
*
* I bring the light of truth.
*
* Would you use this cap to put it out?
*
* I beg your pardon.
* I had no intention of offending.
*
* What business brings you here?
*
* It is for your welfare that I appear.
* I can think of no greater welfare...
*
* ...than a night
* of uninterrupted sleep.
*
* Be careful, Ebenezer Scrooge.
* I speak of your reclamation.
*
* Well, if it's reclamation, then...
*
* ...let's get on with it.
*
* Come.
*
* We shall be invisible...
*
* ...and silent as the grave.
*
* You will now see a child, a youth.
*
* You will see yourself, Ebenezer.
*
* The air is so clean.
* How different from the city.
*
* Do you know where you are?
*
* Of course, l...
*
* I was bred here.
* I was a boy in this place.
*
* That's Daniel Costas.
* And Robert Estes.
*
* Hello, Daniel.
*
* The big one there, that's David Tyler.
*
* David, look here! It's Ebenezer!
*
* I told you, Ebenezer.
* They can't hear you.
*
* How happy they all seem.
*
* That's right. They do.
*
* Yes, well, it's time to move on.
*
* Come along, Ebenezer.
* You know the way.
*
* I could walk it blindfolded.
*
* Your school.
*
* I remember.
*
* And it's Christmas Day.
*
* There's a boy in there, neglected.
*
* The boy is deserted
* by his friends and his family.
*
* His mother is dead.
* His father holds him a grudge.
*
* Why does his father
* hold him a grudge?
*
* She died in childbirth.
*
* His birth.
*
* Weep for the boy,
* if the tears will come.
*
* He has his friends, even on this day.
*
* All his beloved books.
*
* His Ali Baba.
*
* Dear old honest Ali Baba.
*
* The Sultan's groom,
* turned upside down for Genie.
*
* But not a real child to talk to.
* Not a living person.
*
* Robinson Crusoe, not real?
*
* And Friday? And the parrot...
*
* ...with green body and yellow tail?
* Not real?
*
* He made do, this boy.
*
* Let us see another Christmas Day...
*
* ...when you were a youth.
*
* Fan.
*
* Fan!
* Dear, dear brother.
*
* I've come to bring you home,
* dear brother.
*
* To bring you home.
*
* Home.
*
* Home, little Fan?
*
* Yes.
*
* Home for good and all.
*
* Father's much kinder
* than he used to be.
*
* He spoke to me so gently
* one night...
*
* ...I was not afraid to ask once more
* if you might come home.
*
* And he said yes, you should.
* And sent me in a coach to bring you.
*
* You're quite a woman, little Fan.
*
* And you...
*
* ...are to be a man now.
*
* And never come back here.
*
* Come. We mustn't keep Father waiting.
*
* Father!
*
* There, boy, down.
* Stand still now.
*
* Let me look at you.
*
* They haven't been overfeeding you,
* that's certain.
*
* I've grown. I think.
*
* Yes, most boys do.
*
* You know you won't move back here.
* Yes, sir.
*
* It's time you made your way.
* I've arranged an apprenticeship.
*
* You'll move into Mr. Fezziwig's
* in three days.
*
* Three days, Father?
*
* I'd hoped we'd have him home
* for longer.
*
* Longer?
*
* Three days is quite long enough
* for both of us.
*
* Don't you think, Ebenezer?
*
* Yes, sir.
*
* Quite long enough.
*
* Finished back there?
* - All safe and secure, sir.
*
* Into the carriage, Fan.
*
* Be on our way.
*
* Into the carriage, boy.
*
* Giddyap!
*
* Fan pleaded for more time,
* but my father was a very...
*
* ...stern man.
*
* And Fan--
* She died a young woman.
*
* She had such a generous nature.
* Yes, too young.
*
* Old enough to bear a child.
* One son.
*
* Fred, your nephew.
* Fred Holywell, yes.
*
* Who bears a strong
* resemblance to your sister.
*
* Does he? I never noticed.
*
* You never noticed?
*
* I think you've gone through life
* with your eyes closed.
*
* Open them. Open them wide.
*
* You know this man.
*
* It's old Fezziwig.
*
* Oh, yes, my dear.
*
* Would you ask Mr. Peuring to refer
* that matter to Mr. Scrooge?
*
* Thank you, my dear.
*
* PAST".
* And you know this place.
*
* Know it? Was I not apprenticed here?
*
* Yon-how!
*
* Pay attention, everybody!
* Dick? Ebenezer? Pens down.
*
* No more work tonight, boys.
* It is Christmas Eve.
*
* So close those ledgers down.
*
* Clear away in here, everybody.
* We need the room.
*
* Here we go, lad.
*
* You'll enjoy yourself tonight,
* Ebenezer. That is an order.
*
* Yes, sir. I'll try.
* Put your heart in it.
*
* You put enough of yourself into your
* work, and I have nothing but praise...
*
* ...but you're young.
*
* There's more to life than
* books of cloth and musty old ledgers.
*
* It's Mrs. Fezziwig and
* the three daughters and their suitors.
*
* And a happy Christmas to you all!
*
* And Belle.
*
* I had forgotten...
*
* ...how beautiful she was.
*
* Hello, Belle.
*
* Hello.
*
* Would you like to dance?
* Yes.
*
* How long since you've danced,
* Ebenezer?
*
* A waste of time, dancing.
*
* You didn't think so then.
*
* There was a reason then.
*
* You've changed since you've come
* to Fezziwig's. You were so gloomy.
*
* I think I should warn you, Miss Belle.
* I am of a serious bent of mind.
*
* I consider seriousness
* an admirable trait of character.
*
* But it can be overdone.
*
* I shall take heed of your advice
* and go through life with a grin.
*
* Come, you two! They're striking up
* Sir Roger de Coverly.
*
* Time enough to sample the punch
* when you're old and fat like me.
*
* I best partner my wife before that
* young scamp goes dancing off with her.
*
* What a difference it makes, Ebenezer,
* to travel the rough road of life...
*
* ...with the right female
* to help bear the burden.
*
* What a lucky man I am!
*
* Shall we join the others?
*
* My pleasure, Miss Belle.
*
* Old Fezziwig.
*
* A silly man.
*
* Silly? Why silly?
*
* What did he do to deserve
* the praises of those apprentices?
*
* Spent a few pounds?
*
* Dance like a monkey?
*
* Beamed a great smile?
*
* Well, the happiness he gives-- Gave--
*
* Was quite as great as though
* it had cost 1000 pounds.
*
* Just small things.
*
* Belle.
* Are you in love, Ebenezer?
*
* The thought had occurred to me.
* She's too good for you.
*
* One day,
* when I've made my fortune...
*
* ...then I'll deserve her.
*
* It was a night
* never to be forgotten.
*
* Never.
*
* - But you did forget. Often.
* - Huh?
*
* PAST".
* Look. Another Christmas Eve...
*
* ...delayed by the pressure
* of business.
*
* Do you remember?
* - No.
*
* Hello, Belle.
*
* PAST".
* Now do you remember?
*
* I'm sorry I'm late.
*
* I thought you might not come.
* I know how busy you are.
*
* Well...
*
* ...the time of year,
* and the nature of my business.
*
* It's important now that I use my time
* and opportunities wisely.
*
* Another idol has displaced me.
*
* What idol has displaced you?
* A golden one.
*
* All your hopes have merged
* - profit.
*
* The thought of money engrosses you.
*
* Perhaps I've become wiser.
*
* But I've not changed towards you.
*
* Our contract is an old one.
*
* It was made when we were young
* and our prospects limited.
*
* How often I've thought of those times.
*
* If there had been
* no understanding between us...
*
* ...would you seek me out
* and try to win me now?
*
* A dowerless girl with nothing but
* myself to bring to a marriage?
*
* You have no answer?
*
* You think I would not'?
* Oh, what a safe and terrible answer.
*
* So characteristic of the careful man.
*
* Ebenezer, I release you.
*
* You are a free man.
*
* I let you go with a full heart.
*
* May you be happy
* in the life you have chosen.
*
* I almost went after her.
*
* "Almost" carries no weight.
*
* Especially in matters of the heart.
*
* And you did have a heart,
* didn't you?
*
* Why didn't you follow her?
*
* Upon his death, my father...
*
* ...left me a small inheritance.
*
* Belle wished to be married,
* insisting we'd get by on very little.
*
* But I wanted something more
* for both of us. Sol...
*
* ...lent out that money.
*
* Laid the foundations for financial
* success, which I have achieved.
*
* Congratulations.
* And I'll thank you not to sneer.
*
* Show me no more. Conduct me home.
* You have explained what you gained.
*
* Now I will show you
* what you have lost.
*
* - Belle.
* - Yes, Belle.
*
* And those are her children!
*
* Oh, darling, he's wonderful!
* Isn't he?
*
* Oh, Lord, what a brood!
*
* Hello, hello. Hello, my dear.
*
* Hello, Papa. Where's my present?
* Where's my present?
*
* You will have to wait until tonight.
* All of you.
*
* Presents on Christmas Eve,
* as usual.
*
* Fancy.
*
* They might've been mine.
*
* The same thought
* occurred to me.
*
* I saw an old friend of yours
* in the city this afternoon.
*
* Who was it?
* Guess.
*
* I can't.
*
* I don't know.
*
* Ebenezer Scrooge?
* Mr. Scrooge it was.
*
* I passed his office window
* and it was not shuttered.
*
* He had a single candle
* lit upon his desk.
*
* His partner, Jacob Marley,
* lies on the point of death.
*
* And there he sat.
* Ebenezer Scrooge, alone.
*
* Quite alone in the world,
* I do believe.
*
* Poor Ebenezer.
*
* Poor, wretched man.
*
* Spare me your pity!
* I have no need of it!
*
* They can't hear you.
*
* And as for you, I've had enough
* of your pictures from the past!
*
* Leave me!
*
* Haunt me no longer!
*
* PAST".
* Truth lives!
*
* Truth lives!
*
* Truth lives!
*
* Truth lives!
*
* A nightmare.
*
* A horrible nightmare.
*
* God...
*
* ...let me sleep.
*
* Let me sleep in peace.
*
* Peace.
*
* Two.
*
* Well, Jacob Marley...
*
* ...where is this spirit
* of which you spoke so glibly?
*
* You did say at the stroke of two,
* didn't you, Jacob?
*
* Mistaken in death...
*
* ...as you were in life, old partner.
*
* Ebenezer Scrooge!
*
* Ebenezer Scrooge!
*
* Come in!
*
* I intend to.
*
* Come in and know me better, man.
*
* You've never seen
* the likes of me before?
*
* That's quite true. I have not.
*
* You never walked forth...
*
* ...with any of the younger
* members of my family?
*
* Not that I remember.
*
* Nor any of my elder brothers
* born these later years?
*
* No, I'm afraid not. No.
*
* Do you have many brothers, spirit?
*
* Over 1800.
*
* Tremendous family to provide for.
*
* Take hold of my robe, Ebenezer Scrooge.
*
* What day is it now?
*
* Don't you know?
*
* Christmas morning.
*
* There's a lot of buying,
* isn't there?
*
* Oh, Ebenezer,
* is that all you can see?
*
* Follow me, and I'll show you
* to what good use...
*
* ...these wares can be put.
*
* Does some peculiar power
* emanate from your torch?
*
* Oh, yes...
*
* ...there is.
*
* - Do you know this house?
* - No, I can't say I do.
*
* It is the house of Bob Cratchit.
*
* Is it? He does very well
* on 15 bob a week.
*
* Shall we go in?
*
* I wouldn't want to disturb them.
* As with Christmas Past...
*
* ...we shall be invisible and unheard.
*
* I wonder what's keeping your father.
* Probably talking to the parson.
*
* Father always likes to
* compliment him on his sermons.
*
* I hope the pudding's a success.
*
* No one makes a better pudding
* than you, Mother.
*
* Peter?
*
* Save some for the family.
* Just testing the cooking.
*
* I'm sure they'll manage very well
* without your help.
*
* Hello, Mother!
* Hello, Mother!
*
* Smell the goose cooking, Martha!
* It makes my mouth water!
*
* Mine too!
* - I can't wait!
*
* You'll just have to. Run along
* and help Martha butter the bread.
*
* Here they are!
*
* Merry Christmas, everyone!
* You're late, Bob Cratchit.
*
* Oh, and you're quite like an icicle,
* Tim. You've been dawdling.
*
* Father had a long talk
* with the minister.
*
* Thought as much.
*
* Tim, listen to the pudding
* hissing on the fire!
*
* It's like a giant snake
* inside the copper!
*
* Go along with your brother and sister.
*
* Off you go then.
*
* Come on.
*
* How did he behave in church?
* As good as gold.
*
* Better.
*
* Mama's worried how it will turn out.
*
* Look how they support him.
* What did you say?
*
* Nothing. It's...
*
* ...nothing.
*
* Somehow he gets thoughtful
* sitting by himself so much.
*
* He thinks
* the strangest things.
*
* He said he hoped the people in church
* saw him because he was a cripple...
*
* ...and that it might be pleasant for
* them to remember on Christmas Day...
*
* ...who it was
* that made lame beggars walk...
*
* ...and blind men see.
*
* It seems to me that Tim
* is getting stronger every day.
*
* That his limbs are growing. That he's
* in better spirits, it seems to me.
*
* Yes, Bob. I'm sure you're right.
*
* He is getting stronger.
*
* Well, we're all here.
* That's the important thing.
*
* Belinda, help me with the goose.
* - Yes, Mother.
*
* Peter, I have
* some good news for you.
*
* I met by chance, this morning
* at church, a fine gentleman.
*
* Fred Holywell by name.
* He's a nephew of our own Mr. Scrooge.
*
* He remembered I have a son
* coming of working age...
*
* ...and told me he had a position at
* three shillings and six pence weekly.
*
* Three shillings and six pence
* every week?
*
* So if you are agreeable...
*
* ...you may start work on Monday next.
*
* Now I can help you and Mother.
*
* More important...
*
* ...you shall be embarking
* on a fine career.
*
* To start a boy
* at three and six pence a week.
*
* Typical of my nephew. No wonder he's
* never been able to put by a penny.
*
* Perhaps he's "put by"
* more than money.
*
* Fred?
*
* He's doing this to spite me, you know?
*
* Employing the son of my employee
* at an exorbitant wage.
*
* Come and get it!
*
* Quiet, quiet, quiet, children. Quiet.
*
* A wonderful goose!
* It's enough for an army!
*
* Mother, you've outdone yourself!
* It's all right then?
*
* Hurry, Father, cut the goose!
* I can't wait!
*
* Haven't we forgotten something?
*
* Lord, we thank you for the bounty
* you have placed before us.
*
* We thank you for this day
* of love and joy...
*
* ...for allowing us to be together, to
* share with each other and with you...
*
* ...the fullness of our hearts
* on this special day.
*
* Amen.
* Amen.
*
* Amen.
*
* Amen.
* What?
*
* You say something?
*
* No, no.
*
* I thought I heard you--
*
* No, I said nothing.
*
* Oh.
*
* Potato.
* Peter.
*
* Alice.
*
* Belinda.
* - Potato, Alice?
*
* It's a very small goose.
*
* It's all
* Bob Cratchit can afford.
*
* Me.
*
* Are we all served?
* Yes.
*
* Then let's begin.
*
* And a merry Christmas to us all.
*
* A merry Christmas to us all.
*
* And God bless us, everyone.
*
* Tell me, spirit.
*
* Will he live?
*
* I see a vacant place at this table.
*
* I see a crutch without an owner,
* carefully preserved.
*
* If these shadows...
*
* ...remain unaltered by the future,
* the child will die.
*
* No.
*
* Say he will be spared.
*
* If these shadows remain
* unaltered by the future...
*
* ...none other of my species
* will find him here.
*
* But if he is to die,
* then let him die...
*
* ...and decrease
* the surplus population.
*
* You use my own words against me.
*
* Yes. So perhaps in the future
* you will hold your tongue...
*
* ...until you have discovered
* what the surplus population is...
*
* ...and where it is.
*
* It may be
* that in the sight of heaven...
*
* ...you are more worthless
* and less fit to live...
*
* ...than millions
* like this poor man's child.
*
* A triumph, my dear. Another triumph!
*
* I told you so, Mother.
*
* It's a success.
*
* What a relief for Mrs. Cratchit.
*
* Now their feast is over.
*
* Not quite.
*
* Just one more
* ceremonious moment.
*
* Look.
*
* Now I would like to propose a toast
* to Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge...
*
* ...the founder of our feast.
*
* Mr. Scrooge.
*
* Huh. The "founder of our feast" indeed.
*
* I wish I had him here.
*
* I'd give him a piece of my mind
* and hope he had a good appetite for it.
*
* My dear, the children.
* It's Christmas Day.
*
* It should be Christmas Day when one
* drinks to the health of such...
*
* ...a stingy, odious, mean...
*
* ...hard, unfeeling man
* as Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge.
*
* My dear, have some charity.
*
* Well, well.
*
* I'll drink his health for your
* sake, and the day's sake...
*
* ...but not for his.
*
* Long life, Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge.
*
* A merry Christmas
* and a happy New Year.
*
* I have no doubt his Christmas will be
* very merry, and he'll be very happy.
*
* Mr. Scrooge.
*
* Mr. Scrooge.
*
* Mr. Scrooge.
*
* Mr. Scrooge.
*
* Mr. Scrooge.
*
* Mr. Scrooge.
*
* He's made a point,
* Bob Cratchit has.
*
* Without me, there would be
* no feast. No goose at all.
*
* My head for business
* has furnished him employment.
*
* Is that all you've learned by
* observing this family on Christmas Day?
*
* Well, no. Not all.
*
* But one must speak up
* for one's self, for one's life.
*
* Here we come a-wassailing
* Among the leaves so green
*
* Here we come a-wandering
* So fair to be seen
*
* Love and joy come to you
* And a merry Christmas too
*
* And God bless you and send you
* A happy New Year
*
* We have some time left.
*
* Take my robe.
*
* Love and joy come to you
* And a merry Christmas too
*
* And God bless you and send you
* A happy New Year
*
* Where are we now?
* Just a street.
*
* Any street.
*
* This house. We're going here.
*
* I think it might amuse you.
* I am in no mood to be amused.
*
* Ls my playing so amusing?
* I'm sorry, my love.
*
* I was thinking of his face yesterday.
* Humbug, he said. Humbug.
*
* He said Christmas was a humbug.
* He believed it too.
*
* I'd like to meet your uncle. The way
* you portray him tickles my heart.
*
* He is comical.
*
* But not pleasant.
* His offenses are their own punishment.
*
* Brother-in-law,
* it's said he's very rich.
*
* That's true.
* But his wealth is of no use to him.
*
* He does no good and
* doesn't even make himself comfortable.
*
* I don't squander it,
* if that's what you mean.
*
* You mustn't argue with those we visit.
* It's useless and tactless.
*
* Tact is a quality I despise.
* I can see.
*
* I have no patience with him.
* I feel sorry for him.
*
* Sor--? Sorry for me'?
*
* Who suffers from his ill whims?
* Himself. Always.
*
* He takes it in his heart to dislike us
* and not come and dine with us.
*
* And loses a very good dinner.
*
* The reason I talk about him so...
*
* ...is that my mother,
* God rest her saintly soul...
*
* ...was very fond of him.
* She loved him.
*
* It's true.
*
* Fan loved me and I her.
*
* Dear Fan.
* I wish she were alive today.
*
* Fred looks very like her.
*
* Yes.
*
* I've been reminded of that
* just recently.
*
* The consequences
* of his taking a dislike to us...
*
* ...and not making merry with us is
* that he loses some pleasant moments...
*
* ...which could do him no harm.
*
* I'll give him the chance every year
* whether he likes it or not.
*
* And every year he'll say,
* "Christmas!
*
* Bah, humbug!"
*
* Come, we must see to our guests.
*
* Nougats?
*
* So much noise.
*
* I can't hear myself think.
* They seem to be happy.
*
* I suppose free food and drink...
*
* ...would be an occasion
* for pleasure to most people.
*
* Happy in each other's company, I mean.
*
* Everyone, hush. We shall have
* a word game. What shall it be?
*
* - Simile.
* - Does everyone know the rules?
*
* You each have five seconds to answer.
* I'll ask the question.
*
* Mr. Topper, you'll keep count.
* I shall do my best.
*
* You have five seconds. If you fail
* to give an acceptable answer...
*
* ...then you must
* stand behind your chair.
*
* Last one seated wins the prize.
* Fred, don't go on. Just begin.
*
* I'm sorry, my love. Yes, I shall.
*
* And now. Um...
*
* Proud as...?
*
* Proud as a peacock.
*
* Peter? Dry as...?
*
* As a bone.
* Good.
*
* Plump as...?
* My wife.
*
* Sorry, my dear. Just a little joke.
*
* Uh, plump as...
*
* One, two--
* Two seconds!
*
* A partridge.
*
* Quick as...?
*
* Wind?
* No!
*
* One, two...
*
* ...three, four...
*
* ...five!
*
* A wink, you idiot.
* Ebenezer, shh.
*
* You said they couldn't see or hear us.
* That's quite true.
*
* Oh, yes. Sorry.
*
* Even I forget regulations sometimes.
* After all, I do not come back often.
*
* Shh. I'm trying
* to listen to the game.
*
* Modest as...?
*
* A maiden.
* No.
*
* I'm sure it's a well-known simile.
* I was thinking of modest as a violet.
*
* Fred.
*
* However, I will accept your answer.
*
* Janet?
*
* Attend. Tight as...?
*
* Tight as...
*
* A drum. Anyone knows that.
*
* Tight as...?
*
* Not very bright, my nephew's wife.
*
* Tight as your Uncle Scrooge's
* purse strings!
*
* That's quite wrong.
* And your time is up.
*
* You've lost and must stand
* behind your chair.
*
* Tight as a drum
* is what I was thinking of.
*
* Good for you, Fred.
* Boy's got a head on his shoulders.
*
* As for the laughter at my expense...
*
* ...I'll overlook it
* in view of the general gaiety.
*
* It's time to leave
* this pleasant scene.
*
* We have one more visit to make
* before my time is done.
*
* Take hold of my robe.
*
* - Sly as...?
* - A fox!
*
* - Red as...?
* - Red as a rose.
*
* Silent as...?
* - The night.
*
* No!
* - A mouse!
*
* - Not at all.
* - I know. The grave.
*
* Where are we now?
*
* I'm sure I don't know this place.
*
* The name would mean nothing to you.
* It's a place...
*
* ...like many
* in this world.
*
* Do we have enough wood for the night?
* It'll last.
*
* At least there's one thing
* still free in this country.
*
* Mary, a piece of that cooked.
*
* They're too hot.
* It'll be cold soon enough.
*
* Where did you get these, Father?
* I didn't steal them.
*
* She didn't say you did.
*
* She should have some respect.
* - Don't berate the girl.
*
* They fell from a cart into the road.
*
* Your father's not a thief, girl.
*
* Not yet.
*
* Why are these people out here?
*
* Men and women in rags.
* Children eating scraps!
*
* There are institutions.
*
* Have you visited any of them,
* these institutions you speak of?
*
* No. I'm taxed for them.
* Isn't that enough?
*
* Is it?
*
* Ben, come back to the fire.
* Look at these hands.
*
* They're hard hands.
* They've done hard work.
*
* I want to work.
*
* I want to have bread for my children.
* It's not right that there's no work.
*
* We're together.
* That's the important thing.
*
* I love you, Meg.
* I love the children.
*
* Tomorrow take the children
* to the parish poor house.
*
* No. No.
*
* I'd rather we all drowned in the river
* than go there and be separated forever.
*
* Until I get work!
* No.
*
* Ben, we're a family.
* We stay together.
*
* Come.
*
* Come back to the fire. Come.
*
* Why do you show me this?
* What has it to do with me?
*
* Are they not of the human race?
*
* Look here...
*
* ...beneath my robe!
*
* Look upon these!
*
* What are they?
*
* They are your children.
*
* They are the children of all
* who walk the earth unseen.
*
* Their names are ignorance...
*
* ...and want.
*
* Beware of them.
*
* For upon their brow
* is written the word...
*
* . -."Doom.ll
*
* They spell the downfall
* of you...
*
* ...and all who deny
* their existence.
*
* Have they no refuge? No resource?
*
* Are there no workhouses?
*
* Are there no prisons?
*
* Cover them.
* I do not wish to see them.
*
* I thought as much.
*
* They're hidden.
*
* But they live.
*
* Oh, they live.
*
* Well...
*
* ...time has come for me to leave you,
* Ebenezer Scrooge.
*
* Leave me? Leave me here?
*
* Oh, yes.
*
* Well, you cannot.
* Take me back to my bed.
*
* It's too late.
*
* It's cold. The place is strange.
* Don't leave me.
*
* Spirit?
*
* Come back.
*
* I wish to talk!
*
* Perhaps...
*
* ...I have made a mistake
* here and there.
*
* Talked too quickly about matters
* which I gave no great thought.
*
* Very well, we'll have a give and take.
*
* Come to some meeting of the minds.
*
* I'm a reasonable man.
*
* Spirit!
*
* Have pity on me.
*
* Don't leave me.
*
* What have I done?
*
* To be abandoned like this?
*
* What?
*
* What?
*
* Are you the spirit which Jacob Marley
* foretold would visit me?
*
* I'm in the presence of the Ghost
* of Christmas Yet to Come?
*
* You'll show me the shadows
* of the things that haven't happened...
*
* ...but will happen in the time
* before us. Is that so?
*
* I fear you.
*
* More than any specter I've seen.
*
* I'm prepared to bear your company.
*
* Will you not speak to me?
*
* Very well, lead on.
*
* The night is waning fast.
* Time is precious to me.
*
* I know this place very well. The Exchange
* is like a second home to me.
*
* I don't know much about it.
* I only know he's dead.
*
* When did he die?
* Last night.
*
* What about his money?
*
* Left it to his company, perhaps?
* Who else did he have?
*
* It'll likely be a small funeral.
*
* Supposing we volunteered
* and form a party.
*
* I'll go if lunch is provided.
*
* But I insist on being fed
* for the time I'll waste.
*
* Have these men
* no respect for the dead?
*
* I should go, I suppose.
*
* After all, we did considerable
* business together.
*
* Well, I must go and find
* the price of corn. Goodbye.
*
* Goodbye.
*
* Why was I privy to their conversation?
*
* What purpose could it have for me?
*
* Merciful heavens, what is this?
*
* Spirit.
*
* This is a fearful place.
* I wish to leave.
*
* No, I will not.
*
* This you can't make me do.
*
* I say, I understand.
* That is sufficient.
*
* There must be someone who feels
* some emotion for this man's death.
*
* I demand to see that person!
*
* This is a foul part of town.
* You've made a mistake.
*
* Taken a wrong turn.
*
* In there?
*
* I have no business
* to transact in there.
*
* Open it up, Mrs. Dilber.
*
* Am I to pay you for goods
* I haven't seen?
*
* You'll not ask me
* how I came by these?
*
* Every person has a right
* to take care of himself.
*
* That's my motto.
*
* Well, he always did.
* Yes.
*
* And who's the worse
* for the loss of a few things?
*
* Not a dead man, I suppose.
* No, indeed.
*
* If he wanted to keep them after
* he was dead, the wicked old screw...
*
* ...why wasn't he more natural
* in his lifetime?
*
* He'd have had someone to look after
* him when he was struck with death...
*
* ...instead of lying there
* gasping out his last.
*
* Alone.
*
* By himself.
*
* Those are my things.
*
* She's stolen my things.
* I'll have her before a magistrate.
*
* What do you call these?
*
* Bed curtains.
*
* You took them down?
* Rings and all, with him lying there?
*
* Why not?
*
* And don't get wax on his blankets.
* His blankets?
*
* I hope he didn't die
* of anything catching.
*
* I wasn't so fond of him
* as I'd loiter about if he did.
*
* What's your offer then?
*
* Those are not my things.
*
* Yes, they are similar...
*
* ...but the person she speaks of
* could not be me.
*
* A similarity perhaps, but...
*
* One pound five and three. Not a penny
* more if I was to be boiled for it.
*
* You're hardened, Joe.
* And no mistake.
*
* I'm always kind to the ladies.
* That's the way I ruin myself.
*
* Spirit, what perversity is this?
*
* I ask to see some emotion
* for this man's death...
*
* ...and you show me only
* greed and avarice!
*
* Let me see some tenderness!
* Some depth of feeling!
*
* There must be some confusion.
*
* Your fellow spirit
* brought me here earlier.
*
* Very well.
*
* You're devilishly hard
* to have a conversation with.
*
* "Suffer the little children to come
* unto me, and forbid them not.
*
* For such is the Kingdom of God.
*
* Verily I say unto you...
*
* ...whosoever shall not receive
* the Kingdom of God as a little child...
*
* ...he shall not enter therein."
*
* This color hurts my eyes.
*
* It's better now.
*
* This work makes my eyes red.
*
* I wouldn't show red eyes
* to your father when he comes home.
*
* Not for the world.
*
* It must be nearly his time.
*
* Past it rather.
*
* I think he walks slower than
* he used to these last few evenings.
*
* Yet I've seen him walk home with...
*
* ...with Tiny Tim on his shoulders
* very fast.
*
* And so have I.
* And so have I.
*
* And so have I.
*
* But he was very light to carry.
*
* And your father loved him so that...
*
* ...it was no trouble.
*
* No trouble.
*
* There is your father now.
*
* Hello, Father.
*
* Hello, my dear.
*
* Hello, my dear ones.
* Hello, Father.
*
* You're late. We were worried.
*
* I'm glad you're home, Father.
* I am too.
*
* You've become quite a little armful.
*
* The reason that I'm late is because
* I walked by there today.
*
* Today?
*
* I couldn't keep away.
*
* It's so quiet and green.
*
* You shall see it on Sunday.
*
* We shall all go on Sunday.
*
* I promised him that every Sunday
* I would walk...
*
* My little Child.
*
* My little, little child.
*
* Father, please don't grieve so.
*
* I'm sorry.
*
* I have all of you.
*
* A blessing to be thankful for.
*
* Do you know who I saw
* in the street today?
*
* Mr. Scrooge's nephew, Fred.
*
* And he greeted me
* in his usual cheerful way.
*
* And he saw that I was a little sad.
*
* He asked me what was distressing me.
* And when I told him...
*
* ...he said that he was
* heartily sorry for it, and...
*
* Robert.
*
* Timmy's part of all of us.
*
* But for his sake,
* we must go on living.
*
* So long as we love one another,
* he will always be alive.
*
* Yes, of course, my dear.
*
* But however and whenever...
*
* ...we're parted from one another...
*
* ...I'm sure that none of us
* will forget poor Tiny Tim.
*
* No, never. Never.
*
* And when we recollect how patient
* he was, and how mild...
*
* ...although he was
* but a little child...
*
* ...I'm sure that we will not easily
* quarrel among ourselves.
*
* I am a happy man.
*
* I am a truly happy man.
*
* I asked for tenderness
* and depth of feeling.
*
* And you've shown me that.
*
* Nothing more I need to see.
*
* Take me home.
*
* What is this?
*
* I thought we agreed that you'd
* transport me home?
*
* Specter.
*
* Something informs me that the moment
* of our parting is at hand.
*
* I know it, but I know not how.
*
* Tell me.
*
* What man was that
* who we saw lying dead?
*
* No.
*
* Before I draw near to that stone,
* answer me this:
*
* Are the things you have shown me
* the shadows of the things that will be?
*
* Or are they the shadows
* of the things that may be only?
*
* Men's courses will foreshadow
* certain ends. I accept that.
*
* But if those courses
* be departed from...
*
* ...the ends must change.
*
* Tell me that is so
* by what you show me.
*
* Hear me, I am not the man I was.
*
* I will not be the man I was
* but for this visitation.
*
* Why show me this if I'm past all hope?
*
* Good spirit.
*
* Your nature intercedes for me
* and pities me.
*
* Say that I may change these things
* by an altered life.
*
* I will honor Christmas in my heart
* and try to keep it all the year.
*
* I will live in the past,
* present and future.
*
* The spirits of all
* shall strive within me.
*
* I will not shut out
* the lessons that they teach.
*
* Tell me.
*
* Tell me that I may sponge away
* the writing on this stone!
*
* Oh, spare me!
*
* Look, please, spare me!
*
* Spare me! Spare me!
*
* My own room.
*
* I'm alive.
*
* Thank you, spirits.
*
* I will keep my promise.
*
* I will live in the past,
* present and future.
*
* The spirits of all three
* will strive within me.
*
* Heaven and Christmastime
* will be praised for this.
*
* I say this on my knees, Jacob Marley.
*
* On my knees.
*
* Nine o'clock.
*
* And daylight.
*
* But what day?
*
* Hello! You there, boy!
* Me, sir?
*
* Yes, you, my good fellow.
* What day is today?
*
* Today? It's Christmas Day, of course!
*
* Christmas Day?
*
* I haven't missed it.
*
* The spirits did it all in one night.
*
* Well, they can do anything they like.
*
* Hello, my fine fellow!
* Hello!
*
* You know the poulterers in the next
* street but one, on the corner?
*
* I should hope I did.
*
* Intelligent boy. Remarkable boy.
*
* Have they sold the prize turkey
* that was hanging there?
*
* What? The one as big as me?
*
* Delightful boy.
* A pleasure talking to him.
*
* Yes! The one as big as you!
*
* It's hanging there now.
*
* Well, go and buy it!
*
* And bring them around so that
* I may tell them where to deliver it.
*
* Come back with the man
* and I'll give you a shilling.
*
* Come back in less than five minutes,
* I'll give you half a crown!
*
* I must dress. So much to do.
*
* I don't want to lose any time.
*
* I'm as light as a feather!
*
* I'm as happy as an angel.
*
* I'm as May as a school boy!
*
* I'm as giddy as a drunken man.
*
* Merry Christmas to everybody.
*
* And a happy New Year to the world!
*
* If this be a prank,
* I'll box your ears.
*
* He was in that window.
* I swear it.
*
* Ah, there you are.
*
* This boy says you wish to
* purchase this turkey.
*
* Yes, quite right.
*
* Your half-crown
* for a service well rendered.
*
* Thank you, sir!
* Splendid boy.
*
* Now, here's an address
* and the price of the turkey.
*
* Take this fine bird
* to Bob Cratchit in Camden.
*
* The directions are
* written down.
*
* Leave immediately.
* Yes, sir.
*
* And you'll say only
* that it comes from a friend.
*
* And it must be there in time
* for Christmas dinner.
*
* It will be, sir.
*
* Here's something for your trouble.
*
* Thank you, sir.
* Here, all for you.
*
* Thank you.
* Merry Christmas.
*
* Wonderful day.
*
* So grant us all a change of heart
*
* Good morning. Merry Christmas to you.
*
* Like angels. Yes, exactly.
*
* You sing excellently. Here.
*
* Thank you, sir.
* It is I who thank you...
*
* ...for that glorious music
* on this glorious Christmas Day.
*
* The present man is full of flame
*
* He rushes here and there
*
* Good morning.
*
* Oh, gentlemen.
* Merry Christmas to you.
*
* Mr. Scrooge.
*
* That is my name,
* I feel is not pleasant to you.
*
* I beg your pardons, and please accept
* my pledge to the needy for...
*
* Lord, bless me!
*
* My dear, Mr. Scrooge!
*
* Are you quite serious?
*
* And not a farthing less.
*
* A great many back payments
* are included, I assure you.
*
* What can I say to such generosity?
*
* Don't say anything.
* But, dear sir!
*
* Will you come and see me?
* We will!
*
* We will!
* I am very much obliged.
*
* Thank you 50 times!
* Thank you, sir. Thank you.
*
* Yes?
* Bob Cratchit?
*
* Yes.
* This is for you.
*
* There must be some mistake.
*
* You are Bob Cratchit?
* Yes.
*
* There ain't no mistake.
*
* I didn't order this.
*
* This here prize turkey was
* bought and paid for by a gentleman...
*
* ...to be delivered to Bob Cratchit and family
* in time for Christmas dinner.
*
* What's the gentleman's name?
* Anonymous.
*
* He wishes to remain anonymous.
*
* Anonymous you said?
*
* That's what he said.
* An anonymous gentleman.
*
* Who could have sent it?
* No idea.
*
* Is it a mistake?
* I thought so too.
*
* It's got our name on it.
*
* What shall we do?
* I say we cook it and eat it...
*
* ...and have the best Christmas
* feast we've ever had.
*
* And I say, Mrs. Cratchit,
* what a splendid idea.
*
* And God bless us all, everyone.
*
* And God bless us all, everyone!
*
* Merry Christmas, sir.
* Merry Christmas.
*
* Merry Christmas.
*
* Oh, Fred! It's much too expensive.
*
* But do you like it?
*
* Oh, I love it!
*
* It's the most beautiful thing
* I've ever seen.
*
* It belongs upon your wrist,
* my darling. Merry Christmas.
*
* Oh, Fred! I do love you.
*
* And not just for this.
* I know.
*
* I know.
*
* Who can that be?
* No one's expected this early.
*
* My God!
*
* It's Uncle Ebenezer.
*
* Your uncle?
*
* What would he want?
*
* Open the door, Mary.
*
* I'm sure I don't know.
*
* Fred.
* Uncle Ebenezer.
*
* May I come in?
*
* Yes, come in.
*
* Please.
* Thank you.
*
* Do come in.
*
* Good afternoon, madame.
*
* Merry Christmas.
*
* Merry Christmas to you.
*
* Uncle Ebenezer,
* this is my wife, Janet.
*
* Janet, this is Uncle Ebenezer.
*
* It's a pleasure.
*
* More like a surprise,
* wouldn't you say?
*
* Well, that too.
*
* Well, that is quite true.
*
* Quite honestly,
* it is a surprise.
*
* When we spoke yesterday,
* you made it quite clear...
*
* ...that you wouldn't accept
* my invitation.
*
* I made other things clear too,
* didn't I, Fred?
*
* That Christmas was a humbug,
* a waste of time and money.
*
* A false and commercial festival...
*
* ...devoutly to be ignored.
*
* Yes, basically that was it.
*
* I've come for three reasons.
*
* First, to beg your pardon.
*
* For what I said about Christmas.
*
* That was a humbug, Fred.
*
* Was it?
* Mm-hm. I didn't know it then, but I do now.
*
* Secondly, I've come to meet your wife.
*
* Well, here she is.
* Yes.
*
* And a very beautiful woman
* she is too.
*
* Thank you.
*
* I, uh...
*
* I was in love once.
*
* Would you believe that?
*
* Yes.
*
* But I possessed neither the courage
* nor the optimism...
*
* ...perhaps the depth of feeling
* that you two have.
*
* Thirdly, if the invitation
* to dine is still in force...
*
* ...I accept.
*
* Of course it's still in force.
*
* Hurrah!
*
* I was sure that one day...
*
* You were sure?
* Well, apparently you were right.
*
* Yes, I should like to dine with you.
*
* You'll be more than welcome.
*
* You like games, don't you?
*
* Yes, as a matter of fact I do.
*
* Do you ever play Similes?
*
* It's one of our favorites.
*
* Perhaps We Could play today' Quite Possibly-
*
* I'm very good at it.
*
* And should the phrase
* "tight as..." be thrown out...
*
* ...the answer is, a drum.
*
* Why, yes. So it is.
*
* Good.
*
* Forgive me for saying this, but I see
* the shadow of my sister in your face.
*
* I loved your mother, Fred.
*
* For a time there,
* I forgot just how much I loved her.
*
* Perhaps I chose to forget.
*
* Well, now.
*
* I should like to sample
* some of that famous punch.
*
* Of course. You've made us both
* very happy, Uncle Ebenezer.
*
* Havel?
* Yes.
*
* God forgive me
* for the time I've wasted.
*
* Nine o'clock. Late again, eh, Cratchit?
*
* We'll see about this.
*
* Mr. Cratchit!
*
* Yes, sir.
*
* You know what time it is?
*
* Yes, sir.
* What time is it?
*
* Eighteen past the hour, sir.
*
* Eighteen and a half past the hour.
*
* What do you mean coming here
* at this time of day?
*
* I'm sorry, sir. I am behind my time.
*
* Yes, I think you are.
*
* Step this way, if you will, please?
*
* It's only once a year, sir.
* It shall not be repeated.
*
* I was making
* rather merry yesterday.
*
* Well I'll tell you, my friend,
* I won't stand for this any longer.
*
* Therefore...
*
* Therefore, I am going to...
*
* ...double your salary!
*
* Double my salary, sir?
*
* Yes, Bob.
*
* A merry Christmas to you.
*
* I'll double your salary and assist
* your family in any way I can.
*
* And Tim? Tim will walk again.
*
* And grow stronger and stronger.
* Upon my life, he will.
*
* We'll discuss the particulars
* this afternoon over a Christmas bowl.
*
* What is the matter with you?
*
* Nothing, sir.
*
* Well, it's just that...
*
* Nothing.
*
* Thank you, sir.
* You're welcome, my good fellow.
*
* Make up the fire
* before we freeze to death.
*
* Buy some more coal...
*
* ...before you dot another "I"!
*
* Yes, sir.
*
* Ebenezer Scrooge
* was better than his word.
*
* He became as good a friend,
* as good a master...
*
* ...as good a man
* as the old city knew.
*
* And to Tiny Tim, who did not die,
* he was a second father.
*
* It was said of Ebenezer Scrooge
* that he kept Christmas well.
*
* If any man alive
* possessed the knowledge...
*
* ...may that be truly said of us,
* and all of us.
*
* And so as Tiny Tim observed:
*
* "God bless us, everyone."
*
* The past of man was cold as ice
*
* He would not mend his ways
*
* He strove for silver in his heart
*
* And gold in all his days
*
* His reason weak, his anger sharp
* And sorrow all his pay
*
* He went to church but once a year
*
* And that was Christmas day
*
* The present man is full of flame
*
* He rushes here and there
*
* He turns away the orphan child
*
* The widow in her chair
*
* He takes more
* Than he really needs
*
* Forgets how brief his stay
*
* And stands a-jiggling of his coin
*
* In church on Christmas day
*
* So grant us all a change of heart
*
* Rejoice for Mary's son
*
* Pray, peace on earth to all mankind
*
* God bless us, everyone
*
* The man to come we do not know
*
* May he make peace on earth
*
* And live the glory of the Word
*
* The message of the birth
*
* And gather all the children in
*
* To banish their dismay
*
* Lift up his heart among the bells
*
* In church on Christmas day
*
* So grant us all a change of heart
*
* Rejoice for Mary's son
*
* Pray, peace on earth to all mankind
*
* God bless us, everyone
*
* Pray, peace on earth to all mankind
*
* God bless us
*
* Everyone
*
* Everyone
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