Moments later, the final specter, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, shows Scrooge what will happen the following Christmas if he does not repent. After showing him two children named Ignorance and Want, the spirit abandons him. He and the spirit then witness Fred having a party with his wife, Janet, and friends before witnessing a poor family who are homeless and sitting in the cold eating scraps. The spirit also hints that Tiny Tim will die of his illness if the shadows of the future don't change, and then scolds Scrooge for his opinion about the surplus population. Bob then raises a toast to Scrooge, much to his wife's disagreement. He sees just how poor Bob and his family really are, as they can only afford a small goose and pudding for their Christmas dinner. The second spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Present, shows Scrooge how others celebrate Christmas. Unable to see any more memories, he 'puts out' the spirit with its own cap. He is then shown that she is married and is now a mother to several children. After realizing that he no longer cares for her as much as he used to, Belle ends their engagement.

However, his obsession with money continues to grow, and thus he began to take Belle for granted.

Scrooge is then shown when he worked as an apprentice for Fezziwig and fell in love with Belle, to whom he became engaged. He reveals that Fan died giving birth to Fred, and he treats Fred with the same contempt Silas treated him. Fan, Scrooge's beloved younger sister and Fred's mother, picks him up from school claiming Silas has 'changed', but it turns out he still loathes Scrooge and sends him to work for Fezziwig in three days' time. He mentions it was due to his mother's death after he had been born, causing his father, Silas, to disown and turn against him. Scrooge witnesses the time he spent the holidays alone at school with only his books for company. He tells him that he will be haunted by three more spirits, with the first one to arrive when the bell tolls 'one.'Īs Marley warned, the first of the spirits, the Ghost of Christmas Past, haunts Scrooge and shows him his long-forgotten past. Marley explains that he wears the chain he 'forged in life' due to his cruel and selfish attitude towards others and warns Scrooge that he is on the abyss of suffering the same fate. Finally, Marley himself appears, looking the same as he did when he was alive, except he is now weighted down by heavy chains. When Scrooge arrives home that night, he finds himself being tormented by the ghost of his dead partner, Marley, such as a funeral hearse passing him, Marley's face appearing on the knocker, appearing on the fireplace tiles, and making bells ring. Harking, for the poor supporting the prisons and poor houses. Scrooge then refuses to give a donation to two other men, Mr. They soon agree to pay extra for the corn, much to the delight of Scrooge. At the Exchange, Scrooge charges some other businessmen 5% extra for corn because they failed to meet his demands the day before, much to their dismay. Scrooge mumbles to him he'll have a long wait for Bob before leaving. Scrooge then meets Bob's youngest son, Tiny Tim, a naive and very sick boy who walks with a crutch. Before leaving to visit the Royal Stock Exchange, Scrooge gives Bob the day off with pay, but warns him to come in earlier the next day.

Fred Hollywell, Scrooge's nephew, comes to visit and invites him to Christmas dinner, but Scrooge rudely refuses, claiming Christmas is 'humbug'. Ebenezer Scrooge scolds his clerk, Bob Cratchit, after catching him trying to get coal for the fire as it is cold in the office. After a brief opening with Jacob Marley's funeral, the film shifts forward to seven years later, on Christmas Eve in 1843.

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