1. - Ah. It was a fine meal.
- Yes, it was, wasn't it?Copy !req
2. Yes, what should we do now?Copy !req
3. - Let's have lunch.
- Oh, good idea.Copy !req
4. Quiet down, you villains.Copy !req
5. I'm being stolen.
Help me, help me!Copy !req
6. Put me down!Copy !req
7. Hello.Copy !req
8. What about my nose?Copy !req
9. Banana peels coming down!Copy !req
10. Come along, ladies.
Here's a nice Christmas turkey.Copy !req
11. Turkey. Get your Christmas turkey.Copy !req
12. Hey, get back in the box, Martin!Copy !req
13. Get your boomerang fish.
Guaranteed fresh.Copy !req
14. Throw the fish away
and it comes back to me.Copy !req
15. Get 'em while they're fresh.Copy !req
16. - Christmas apples.
- We got Mclntosh.Copy !req
17. - Christmas apples.
- Red Delicious.Copy !req
18. Tuppence apiece, while they last.Copy !req
19. We... They won't last long
the way you're eating them.Copy !req
20. I'm creating scarcity.
Drives the prices up.Copy !req
21. Hello. Welcome to
The Muppet Christmas Carol.Copy !req
22. I am here to tell the story.Copy !req
23. And I am here for the food.Copy !req
24. My name is Charles Dickens.Copy !req
25. And my name is Rizzo the Rat.Copy !req
26. Wait a second,
you're not Charles Dickens.Copy !req
27. I am, too.Copy !req
28. A blue furry Charles Dickens
who hangs out with a rat?Copy !req
29. Absolutely.Copy !req
30. Charles Dickens
was a 19th-century novelist.Copy !req
31. A genius.Copy !req
32. Oh, you are too kind.Copy !req
33. Why should I believe you?Copy !req
34. Because I know the storyCopy !req
35. of A Christmas Carol
like the back of my hand.Copy !req
36. - Prove it.
- All right.Copy !req
37. There's a little mole on my thumb.Copy !req
38. And a scar on my wrist
from when I fell off my bicycle...Copy !req
39. No, don't tell us your hand,
tell us the story.Copy !req
40. Oh, oh, thank you. Yes.Copy !req
41. The Marleys were dead, to begin with.Copy !req
42. The... Pardon me?Copy !req
43. That's how the story begins,
"The Marleys were dead, to begin with."Copy !req
44. As dead as a doornail.Copy !req
45. It's a good beginning.
It's creepy and kind of spooky.Copy !req
46. - Oh, thank you, Rizzo.
- You're welcome, Mr. Dickens.Copy !req
47. In life, the Marleys had been
business partnersCopy !req
48. with a shrewd moneylender
named Ebenezer Scrooge.Copy !req
49. You will meet him
as he comes around that corner.Copy !req
50. - Where?
- There.Copy !req
51. - When?
- Now.Copy !req
52. There he is,
Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge.Copy !req
53. Say, is it getting cold around here?Copy !req
54. When a cold wind blows, it chills youCopy !req
55. Chills you to the boneCopy !req
56. But there's nothing in nature
that freezes your heartCopy !req
57. Like years of being aloneCopy !req
58. It paints you with indifferenceCopy !req
59. like a lady paints with rougeCopy !req
60. - And the worst of the worst
- The most hated and cursedCopy !req
61. ls the one that we call ScroogeCopy !req
62. - Unkind as any
- And the wrath of manyCopy !req
63. This is Ebenezer ScroogeCopy !req
64. There goes Mr. Humbug
There goes Mr. GrimCopy !req
65. If they gave a prize for being meanCopy !req
66. the winner would be himCopy !req
67. Old Scrooge, he loves his money
'cause he thinks it gives him powerCopy !req
68. If he became a flavor
you can bet he would be sourCopy !req
69. Even the vegetables don't like him.Copy !req
70. There goes Mr. Skinflint
There goes Mr. GreedCopy !req
71. The undisputed master
of the underhanded deedCopy !req
72. He charges folks a fortuneCopy !req
73. for his dark and drafty housesCopy !req
74. Us poor folk live in miseryCopy !req
75. It's even worse for mousesCopy !req
76. Please, sir, I want some cheese.Copy !req
77. He must be so lonelyCopy !req
78. He must be so sadCopy !req
79. He goes to extremes
to convince us he's badCopy !req
80. He's really a victim
of fear and of prideCopy !req
81. Look close and there must be
a sweet man insideCopy !req
82. Nah.
- Uh-uh.Copy !req
83. There goes Mr. Outrage
There goes Mr. SneerCopy !req
84. He has no time for friends or funCopy !req
85. His anger makes that clearCopy !req
86. Don't ask him for a favor
'cause his nastiness increasesCopy !req
87. No crust of bread for those in needCopy !req
88. No cheeses for us "meeces"Copy !req
89. Scrooge liked the cold.
He was hard and sharp as a flint.Copy !req
90. Secret and self-contained.
As solitary as an oyster.Copy !req
91. There goes Mr. Heartless
There goes Mr. CruelCopy !req
92. He never gives
He only takesCopy !req
93. He lets his hunger ruleCopy !req
94. If being mean's a way of life
you practice and rehearseCopy !req
95. Then all that work is paying offCopy !req
96. 'Cause Scrooge is getting worseCopy !req
97. Every day, in every way
Scrooge is getting worseCopy !req
98. - Oh, boy.
- How the time flies.Copy !req
99. Look at this, I've got to move...Copy !req
100. Humbug.Copy !req
101. - Whew! What an unpleasant fellow.
- Mmm.Copy !req
102. He was a tightfisted hand
at the grindstone...Copy !req
103. Boy, this really is a dirty city.Copy !req
104. Ha. You tellin' me.Copy !req
105. Huh?Copy !req
106. Thank you for making me a part of this.Copy !req
107. He was a tightfisted hand
at the grindstone, Scrooge.Copy !req
108. A squeezing, wrenching,
grasping, clutchingCopy !req
109. covetous old sinner.Copy !req
110. Bob Cratchit?Copy !req
111. Yes, Mr. Scrooge?Copy !req
112. Who is this?Copy !req
113. Mr. Applegate, sir.Copy !req
114. He's here to speak to you
about his mortgage.Copy !req
115. Mr. Scrooge,
I know you're very angry about this,Copy !req
116. and I didn't mean to fall behind
in the payment.Copy !req
117. Lord knows, it being Christmas and all.Copy !req
118. Oh, please don't shout at me, sir.Copy !req
119. That and, of course, little Gwen.
Her lungs aren't right.Copy !req
120. The doctor takes his share, don't he?Copy !req
121. You can yell and scream,
and you're right,Copy !req
122. but it won't do no good...Copy !req
123. Because I'm the stone
you can't squeeze blood from.Copy !req
124. - And that's the truth!Copy !req
125. Thank you for not shouting at me.Copy !req
126. Let us deal with the eviction notices
for tomorrow, Mr. Cratchit.Copy !req
127. Tomorrow's Christmas, sir.Copy !req
128. Very well, you may gift wrap them.Copy !req
129. Let us help you with that,
Mr. Cratchit.Copy !req
130. My, there are certainly a lot today.Copy !req
131. We'll get it.Copy !req
132. I'm okay, okay.Copy !req
133. - Here you go.
- Look out on that end...Copy !req
134. - Uh...
Whoa!Copy !req
135. Christmas is a very busy time for us,
Mr. Cratchit.Copy !req
136. People preparing feasts, giving parties.Copy !req
137. Spending the mortgage money
on frivolities.Copy !req
138. One might say that December
is the foreclosure season.Copy !req
139. Harvest time for the moneylenders.Copy !req
140. - Boss, ask him.
- Tell him.Copy !req
141. - Come on. Come on.
- Do it now. Do it.Copy !req
142. If you please, Mr. Scrooge,
it's gotten colder.Copy !req
143. The bookkeeping staff would like to
have an extra shovel of coal for the fire.Copy !req
144. - We can't do the bookkeeping.
- Our pens are like ink-cicles.Copy !req
145. - Our assets are frozen.Copy !req
146. How would the bookkeepers
like to be suddenly unemployed?Copy !req
147. Heatwave!Copy !req
148. This is my island in the sun!Copy !req
149. I believe you've convinced them
once again, Mr. Scrooge.Copy !req
150. At that moment,
who should arrive at the doorCopy !req
151. but Scrooge's nephew, Fred.
His only living relative.Copy !req
152. - Nephew Fred? I don't see him.
- Trust me.Copy !req
153. - Hmm.Copy !req
154. Hello? Uncle?Copy !req
155. - Rizzo?
- You're very good at that, Mr. Dickens.Copy !req
156. A merry Christmas, Uncle Scrooge.
God save you.Copy !req
157. Merry Christmas.Copy !req
158. Bah, humbug!Copy !req
159. Quick, it'll be warmer in there.Copy !req
160. Christmas a humbug, Uncle?
You don't mean that, surely.Copy !req
161. - Actually, I think it's colder in here.
- Hmm.Copy !req
162. Merry Christmas, you say?
What right have you to be merry?Copy !req
163. You're poor enough.Copy !req
164. And you to be dismal?
You're rich enough.Copy !req
165. He's got him. The old boy's speechless.Copy !req
166. If I could work my will,Copy !req
167. every idiot who goes about with
"Merry Christmas" on his lipsCopy !req
168. would be cooked with his own turkeyCopy !req
169. and buried with a stake of holly
through his heart.Copy !req
170. Well, not quite speechless.Copy !req
171. - Uncle...
- Nephew.Copy !req
172. You keep Christmas in your own way,
and let me keep it in mine.Copy !req
173. Christmas is a loving,
honest and charitable time.Copy !req
174. And though it's never put
a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket,Copy !req
175. I believe Christmas has done me good
and will do me good,Copy !req
176. and I say, God bless it.Copy !req
177. And how does one celebrate Christmas
on the unemployment line?Copy !req
178. Now, in these times,
it was customary on Christmas EveCopy !req
179. for well-meaning gentlemen
to call upon businesses,Copy !req
180. collecting donations
for the poor and homeless.Copy !req
181. Mr. Scrooge, I presume?Copy !req
182. Who are you?Copy !req
183. We're from the Order of Victoria
Charity Foundation.Copy !req
184. We'd like to speak to you
about a donation.Copy !req
185. Ah! Welcome!Copy !req
186. This jolly old gentleman here
is Mr. Scrooge.Copy !req
187. He's very generous to charities.Copy !req
188. My dear nephew!Copy !req
189. At this festive season of the year,
Mr. Scrooge,Copy !req
190. many of us feel we must take care
of our poor and homeless.Copy !req
191. Are there no prisons? No poorhouses?Copy !req
192. Oh, plenty of those, sir.Copy !req
193. Oh! Excellent.
For a moment, I was worried.Copy !req
194. Some of us are endeavoring to raise
a fund for the poor and homeless.Copy !req
195. What might I put you down for?Copy !req
196. Nothing.Copy !req
197. - You wish to remain anonymous?
- I wish to be left alone.Copy !req
198. I do not make merry myself
for Christmas.Copy !req
199. That certainly is true.Copy !req
200. I cannot afford
to make idle people merry.Copy !req
201. That is certainly not true.Copy !req
202. Don't you have other things to do
this afternoon?Copy !req
203. Sadly, I do, Uncle.
So I shall make my donation.Copy !req
204. - Ooh!
- And leave you to make yours.Copy !req
205. Thank you so very much.Copy !req
206. Oh. Uncle, come and have Christmas
dinner with me and Clara tomorrow.Copy !req
207. Why ever did you get married?Copy !req
208. Why? Because I fell in love.Copy !req
209. That's the only thing in the world
sillier than a merry Christmas.Copy !req
210. It's no use, I shall keep
my Christmas humor to the last.Copy !req
211. A merry Christmas to you.
And a happy New Year.Copy !req
212. - Merry Christmas, Fred.
- Merry Christmas, Bob.Copy !req
213. Humbug!Copy !req
214. Now, then, sir, about the...Copy !req
215. Donation.Copy !req
216. Well, now.Copy !req
217. Let's see.Copy !req
218. I know how to treat the poor.Copy !req
219. My taxes go to pay for the prisons
and the poorhouses.Copy !req
220. - The homeless must go there.
- But some would rather die.Copy !req
221. If they'd rather die,
then they'd better do it,Copy !req
222. and decrease the surplus population.Copy !req
223. - Oh, dear. Oh, dear.Copy !req
224. This is the door, you may use it.Copy !req
225. All right, Beaker, come along.Copy !req
226. I think we've taken enough
of Mr. Scrooge's time.Copy !req
227. - Oh, dear. Dear, dear.Copy !req
228. Good King Wencelas
looked out on the feast of StephenCopy !req
229. When the snow lay round about
deep and crisp and evenCopy !req
230. Brightly shown the moon
that nightCopy !req
231. Though the...Copy !req
232. What do you want?Copy !req
233. Penny for the song, guvnor?Copy !req
234. Excuse me, Mr. Scrooge,
but it appears to be closing time.Copy !req
235. Very well.
I'll see you at 8:00 tomorrow morning.Copy !req
236. Ask him, ask him.Copy !req
237. Tomorrow's Christmas.Copy !req
238. 8:30, then.Copy !req
239. If you please, sir,Copy !req
240. half an hour off hardly seems
customary for Christmas Day.Copy !req
241. No. Hardly customary.Copy !req
242. How much time off is customary,
Mr. Cratchit?Copy !req
243. Why, the whole day.Copy !req
244. - Yeah, that's right.
- The whole day.Copy !req
245. The entire day?Copy !req
246. - No.
- That's the frog's idea.Copy !req
247. If you please,
why open the office tomorrow?Copy !req
248. Other businesses will be closed.
You'll have no one to do business with.Copy !req
249. It'll waste a lot of expensive coal
for the fire.Copy !req
250. - That's definitely a point.
- That's a point.Copy !req
251. It's a poor excuse for picking a man's
pocket every December the 25th.Copy !req
252. But as I seem to be the only person
around who knows that,Copy !req
253. take the day off.Copy !req
254. - Will you stop that?Copy !req
255. Thank you, Mr. Scrooge.Copy !req
256. Be here all the earlier the next morning.Copy !req
257. Okay. You bet. First thing.Copy !req
258. With their employer gone at last,Copy !req
259. Bob Cratchit and the bookkeepers
immediately beganCopy !req
260. that most pleasant of activities,
the celebration of Christmas.Copy !req
261. - He's gone!Copy !req
262. Gentlemen, let's close up for Christmas.Copy !req
263. There's magic in the air this eveningCopy !req
264. Magic in the airCopy !req
265. The world is at her best, you knowCopy !req
266. when people love and careCopy !req
267. The promise of excitement
is one the night will keepCopy !req
268. After all, there's only
one more sleep till ChristmasCopy !req
269. The world has got a smile todayCopy !req
270. The world has got a glowCopy !req
271. There's no such thing as strangersCopy !req
272. when a stranger says helloCopy !req
273. And everyone is familyCopy !req
274. We're having so much funCopy !req
275. After all, there's only
one more sleep till ChristmasCopy !req
276. Okay, ready. Here we go.Copy !req
277. - Ta-da!Copy !req
278. That's it.Copy !req
279. - Mmm-hmm.Copy !req
280. Very good, gentlemen.Copy !req
281. 'Tis the season to be jolly and joyousCopy !req
282. With a burst of pleasure
we feel it arriveCopy !req
283. It's a season
when the saints can employ usCopy !req
284. To spread the news about peace
and to keep love aliveCopy !req
285. What's that?Copy !req
286. Look, it's the penguins'
Christmas skating party.Copy !req
287. - Ah! Mmm. Ah!
- Look at that!Copy !req
288. You did good, boss.Copy !req
289. Oh, thank you. Thank you very much.Copy !req
290. Wow!Copy !req
291. - No way.
- Come on, Rizzo.Copy !req
292. Oh, boy.Copy !req
293. Fun, huh?Copy !req
294. - Merry Christmas, penguins.Copy !req
295. There's something in the wind todayCopy !req
296. that's good for everyoneCopy !req
297. Yes, faith is in our hearts todayCopy !req
298. We're shining like the sunCopy !req
299. And everyone can feel itCopy !req
300. The feeling's running deepCopy !req
301. After all, there's only
one more sleep till ChristmasCopy !req
302. After all, there's only one more sleepCopy !req
303. Till Christmas DayCopy !req
304. - Merry Christmas!
- Mmm.Copy !req
305. Scrooge lived in chambers
which had once belongedCopy !req
306. to his old business partners,
Jacob and Robert Marley.Copy !req
307. - Have some bread?
- Not while I'm working.Copy !req
308. - Suit yourself.
- Whoa. Whoa.Copy !req
309. The building was a dismal heap of brick
on a dark street.Copy !req
310. Once again, you must remember
that the Marleys were deadCopy !req
311. and decaying in their graves.Copy !req
312. Yuk!Copy !req
313. That one thing you must remember,Copy !req
314. or nothing that follows
will seem wondrous.Copy !req
315. Why are you whispering?Copy !req
316. - It's for dramatic emphasis.
- Oh.Copy !req
317. Jacob Marley?Copy !req
318. You Okay?Copy !req
319. Humbug.Copy !req
320. Oh, Gonzo, speak to me.Copy !req
321. I mean, Mr. Dickens. Charlie!
Are you hurt?Copy !req
322. To say that Scrooge
was not startled would be untrue.Copy !req
323. Still, the moment had passed,
and the world was as it should be.Copy !req
324. He ain't hurt.
Didn't even break his concentration.Copy !req
325. - Hmm? Ah.
- Nothing.Copy !req
326. Come on, Rizzo. We'll follow him in.Copy !req
327. In a minute.
I had a bag of jelly beans over here.Copy !req
328. Will you just get over here?Copy !req
329. - All right.
- Sheesh!Copy !req
330. - Oh-oh.Copy !req
331. Steady, steady.Copy !req
332. Scrooge made his way up the stairs,Copy !req
333. caring not a button for the darkness.Copy !req
334. Darkness was cheap,
and Scrooge liked it.Copy !req
335. But the incident at the door
had made Scrooge wary.Copy !req
336. Before he shut himself in for the night,
he searched his rooms.Copy !req
337. Okay, that does it.
Pardon?Copy !req
338. How do you know
what Scrooge is doing?Copy !req
339. We're down here and he's up there.Copy !req
340. I keep telling you, storytellers
are omniscient. I know everything.Copy !req
341. Hoity-toity, Mr. Godlike Smarty-Pants.Copy !req
342. To conduct a proper search,
Scrooge was forced to light the lamps.Copy !req
343. How does he do that?Copy !req
344. Oh!Copy !req
345. Oh.Copy !req
346. It's my best dressing gown.Copy !req
347. No harm done.Copy !req
348. - Look, it's Ebenezer Scrooge.
- Oh.Copy !req
349. Looking older
and more wicked than ever.Copy !req
350. I knew he wouldn't disappoint us.Copy !req
351. Who are you?Copy !req
352. In life, we were your partners...Copy !req
353. - Jacob...
- And Robert Marley.Copy !req
354. It looks like you.Copy !req
355. - But I don't believe it.
- Why do you doubt your senses?Copy !req
356. Because a little thing can affect them.Copy !req
357. A slight disorder of the stomach
can make them cheat.Copy !req
358. You may be a bit of undigested beef.
A blob of mustard.Copy !req
359. A crumb of cheese.Copy !req
360. Yes, there's more of gravy
than of grave about you.Copy !req
361. More of gravy than of grave?Copy !req
362. What a terrible pun.
Where do you get those jokes?Copy !req
363. Leave comedy to the bears, Ebenezer.Copy !req
364. Please, Jacob, Robert,
don't criticize me.Copy !req
365. You always criticized me.Copy !req
366. We were always heckling you.Copy !req
367. It's good to be heckling again.Copy !req
368. It's good to be doing anything again.Copy !req
369. Why do you come to me?Copy !req
370. We're Marley and Marley
Avarice and greedCopy !req
371. We took advantage of the poor
Just ignored the needyCopy !req
372. We specialized in causing pain
spreading fear and doubtCopy !req
373. And if you could not pay the rent
we simply threw you outCopy !req
374. There was the year
we evicted the entire orphanage.Copy !req
375. I remember the little tykes
all standing in the snow bank.Copy !req
376. With their little frostbitten teddy bears.Copy !req
377. We're Marley and Marley
Our hearts were painted blackCopy !req
378. We should have known our evil deedsCopy !req
379. would put us both in shacklesCopy !req
380. Captive, bound, we're double-ironed
exhausted by the weightCopy !req
381. As freedom comes from giving loveCopy !req
382. So prison comes with hateCopy !req
383. We're Marley and MarleyCopy !req
384. We're Marley and MarleyCopy !req
385. But my friends, you were not unfeeling
towards your fellow men.Copy !req
386. True, there was something
about mankind we loved.Copy !req
387. I think it was their money.Copy !req
388. Doomed, Scrooge
You're doomed for all timeCopy !req
389. Your future is a horror story
written by your crimeCopy !req
390. Your chains are forged
by what you say and doCopy !req
391. So have your fun
When life is doneCopy !req
392. a nightmare waits for youCopy !req
393. Why these terrible chains?Copy !req
394. The chains.Copy !req
395. We forged these chains in life
by our acts of greed.Copy !req
396. You wear such a chain yourself.Copy !req
397. Humbug. Speak comfort to me, friends.Copy !req
398. - Comfort!Copy !req
399. You will be haunted by three spirits.Copy !req
400. Haunted?
I've already had enough of that.Copy !req
401. Without these visits, you cannot hope
to avoid the path we tread.Copy !req
402. Expect the first ghost tonight,
when the bell tolls one.Copy !req
403. Can't I meet them all at once
and get it over with?Copy !req
404. When the bell tolls one!Copy !req
405. We're Marley and MarleyCopy !req
406. We're Marley and MarleyCopy !req
407. We're Marley and MarleyCopy !req
408. Change!Copy !req
409. And with that,
the spirits of Scrooge's partnersCopy !req
410. vanished into the darkness,Copy !req
411. leaving him once again
alone in his room.Copy !req
412. Whoa, that's scary stuff.Copy !req
413. Should we be worried
about the kids in the audience?Copy !req
414. - No, it's all right. This is culture.
- Oh.Copy !req
415. Jelly bean?
I had them in my pocket all along.Copy !req
416. What?Copy !req
417. Humbug.Copy !req
418. Come on.Copy !req
419. But I really hate this.Copy !req
420. You wanted to know
what was happening.Copy !req
421. Scrooge's bedchamber
is on this side of the house. Jump.Copy !req
422. There's only two things
in this life I hate.Copy !req
423. Heights, and jumping from them.Copy !req
424. Too late now. Come on, I'll catch you.Copy !req
425. God save my little broken body.Copy !req
426. - Missed.Copy !req
427. Wait a second. I forgot my jelly beans.Copy !req
428. What?Copy !req
429. You can fit through those bars?Copy !req
430. Yeah.Copy !req
431. You are such an idiot.Copy !req
432. What, what? Hey, what?Copy !req
433. What?Copy !req
434. What?Copy !req
435. Oh, dear.Copy !req
436. Scrooge slipped into
the empty silence of a dreamless sleep.Copy !req
437. You know, a guy could break his tail
falling out of this tree.Copy !req
438. Want to see what's going on, don't you?Copy !req
439. - Yes.
- There's Scrooge's window.Copy !req
440. - Oh, yeah.Copy !req
441. Expect the first ghost
when the bell tolls one!Copy !req
442. Whoa!Copy !req
443. Ouch!Copy !req
444. Are you the spirit
whose coming was foretold to me?Copy !req
445. I am.Copy !req
446. But you're just a child.Copy !req
447. I can remember nearly 1,900 years.Copy !req
448. I am the Ghost of Christmas Past.Copy !req
449. What business has brought you here?Copy !req
450. Your welfare.Copy !req
451. A night's unbroken rest
might aid my welfare.Copy !req
452. Your salvation, then.Copy !req
453. Take heed. Come.Copy !req
454. I beg you, spirit, I am mortal.
I'm liable to fall.Copy !req
455. A touch of my hand, and you shall fly.Copy !req
456. - What are we doing?
- Nothing.Copy !req
457. - What?
- Just hold on.Copy !req
458. - Watch out, Rizzo.
- What?Copy !req
459. WheelCopy !req
460. Hello, London!Copy !req
461. Goodbye, lunch!Copy !req
462. Yah!Copy !req
463. Spirit?Copy !req
464. Yes?Copy !req
465. Nothing.Copy !req
466. - Look, Rizzo.
- I don't want to look.Copy !req
467. Spirit? What is that light?Copy !req
468. It cannot be dawn.Copy !req
469. It is the past.Copy !req
470. Look, it's beautiful, Rizzo.Copy !req
471. Mommy!Copy !req
472. Hey, we're going down.Copy !req
473. Whoa! Hang on, Rizzo.Copy !req
474. Sorry, madam.Copy !req
475. Pardon me, sir.Copy !req
476. Look out, Rizzo.Copy !req
477. Rizzo, this is Louise.Copy !req
478. Yeah, we've met.Copy !req
479. And so they arrived
in Ebenezer Scrooge's childhood.Copy !req
480. That was the worst trip of my life.Copy !req
481. It's over now.Copy !req
482. Yeah, safe at last.Copy !req
483. No.Copy !req
484. No. No! Oh, no!Copy !req
485. Nice kitty, nice kitty.Copy !req
486. I'm from New Jersey.Copy !req
487. It was the afternoon of Christmas Eve,Copy !req
488. and Scrooge was conscious
of a thousand odors.Copy !req
489. Each one connected with a thousand
thoughts, hopes, joys and caresCopy !req
490. long, long forgotten.Copy !req
491. It's my old school.Copy !req
492. I was a boy here.Copy !req
493. That's Henry.Copy !req
494. And Edmund, my best friend.Copy !req
495. Hello, boys. Hello.Copy !req
496. These are but shadows
of your past, Ebenezer.Copy !req
497. They can neither see nor hear you.Copy !req
498. Come, let us go inside.Copy !req
499. Rizzo, stop playing with the cat.Copy !req
500. - Save me, save me!Copy !req
501. And what a flood of memories
came back to him,Copy !req
502. as Scrooge beheld his old classroom.Copy !req
503. I know it all so well, spirit.Copy !req
504. The desks.Copy !req
505. The smell of the chalk.Copy !req
506. I chose my profession in this room.Copy !req
507. And is he, too, familiar?Copy !req
508. Scrooge beheld a small boy,
a boy he knew,Copy !req
509. very well indeed.Copy !req
510. Good heavens.Copy !req
511. It's me.Copy !req
512. Come Ebenezer,
the last coach is leaving.Copy !req
513. Come on,
he never goes home for Christmas.Copy !req
514. Who cares about stupid old Christmas?Copy !req
515. I was often alone.Copy !req
516. More time for reading and study.Copy !req
517. The Christmas holiday was a chance
to get some extra work done.Copy !req
518. A time for solitude.Copy !req
519. Rats don't understand these things.Copy !req
520. You were never a lonely child?Copy !req
521. I had 1,274 brothers and sisters.Copy !req
522. Sheesh!
Rats don't understand these things.Copy !req
523. Let us see another Christmas
in this place.Copy !req
524. They were all very much the same.Copy !req
525. Nothing ever changed.Copy !req
526. You changed.Copy !req
527. The years performed
their terrible dance.Copy !req
528. And in a moment, Scrooge had seen
his entire childhood pass.Copy !req
529. He saw his old schoolroom
age and decay.Copy !req
530. What the... Hey!Copy !req
531. So, Master Scrooge, graduation day!Copy !req
532. That's my old headmaster.Copy !req
533. This man taught me my greatest lesson.Copy !req
534. Stand up. Build your life
as this school was built.Copy !req
535. Push!Copy !req
536. My ear, my ear, my ear.Copy !req
537. Ah, yes, work hard, work long,
and be constructive.Copy !req
538. Oh, Ebenezer,
life is a golden opportunity.Copy !req
539. Today you go forth into the real world.Copy !req
540. You must keep your nose
to the grindstone.Copy !req
541. Work hard, lad. And one day,Copy !req
542. your life will be as solid
as this very building.Copy !req
543. Hmm. I've been meaning to fix that shelf.Copy !req
544. Yes, headmaster.Copy !req
545. Young man, you have been apprenticed
to a fine company in London.Copy !req
546. Today, you become a man of business.Copy !req
547. I'm looking forward to it, headmaster.Copy !req
548. You will love business.Copy !req
549. It is the American way.Copy !req
550. Sam?Copy !req
551. - Mmm?Copy !req
552. Oh! It is the British way.Copy !req
553. - Good.
- Yes, headmaster.Copy !req
554. Mmm.Copy !req
555. Mmm?Copy !req
556. Oh, here is your coach, Ebenezer.Copy !req
557. Come, Scrooge, there is much to see.Copy !req
558. Remember, don't tip the driver.Copy !req
559. A moment later, Scrooge found himself
standing on a city street,Copy !req
560. looking at a building
he had not seen in years.Copy !req
561. Tell me, Ebenezer Scrooge,
do you know this place?Copy !req
562. Know it? My first job was here.Copy !req
563. This is Fozziwig's
old rubber chicken factory.Copy !req
564. Once again, it was Christmas Eve,Copy !req
565. night was falling, and
the lamplighters were plying their trade.Copy !req
566. Hey, light the lamp, not the rat.
Light the lamp, not the rat!Copy !req
567. - Oops! My apologies.
- What are you doing?Copy !req
568. Put me out, put me out!Copy !req
569. - Rizzo!
- What?Copy !req
570. Thank you.Copy !req
571. You're welcome.Copy !req
572. There he is, old Fozziwig himself.Copy !req
573. Look my lads, dusk has fallen,
and the lamplighters are at work.Copy !req
574. It's Christmas Eve for certain.Copy !req
575. What an employer he was.Copy !req
576. As hard and as ruthless as a rose petal.Copy !req
577. It's time for the party to begin.Copy !req
578. It's the Fozziwig Christmas party.Copy !req
579. Rizzo, come on.Copy !req
580. Rizzo, just grab hold of the stick.Copy !req
581. Merry Christmas.Copy !req
582. Thank you, thank you.Copy !req
583. Excuse me, everyone.
Can we have some quiet, please?Copy !req
584. Whoa!Copy !req
585. Ah!Copy !req
586. I suppose I should be grateful for that.Copy !req
587. You're welcome.Copy !req
588. Everyone, please,
can I have your attention for a moment?Copy !req
589. Look, it's the Marley brothers.Copy !req
590. My old partners, as they were as lads.Copy !req
591. Can I have your attention, please?Copy !req
592. Quiet!Copy !req
593. Thank you.Copy !req
594. That's better.Copy !req
595. Welcome to Fozziwig and Mom's
annual Christmas party.Copy !req
596. At this time in the proceedings,Copy !req
597. it is a tradition for me
to make a little speech.Copy !req
598. And it's a tradition for us
to take a little nap.Copy !req
599. Pay no attention to them.Copy !req
600. My speech,
here is my Christmas speech.Copy !req
601. "Thank you all and merry Christmas."Copy !req
602. - That was the speech?
- That was dumb.Copy !req
603. - It was obvious.
- It was pointless.Copy !req
604. It was short.Copy !req
605. I loved it!Copy !req
606. I'm bored with speeches.
Let's dance, son!Copy !req
607. Here's Mrs. Fozziwig to start the party.Copy !req
608. - Way to go, Ma!
- Hit it, boys!Copy !req
609. Whoa. Hello.Copy !req
610. Look, there's a buffet over here.
I'm kind of hungry.Copy !req
611. Fa la la la la
la la la laCopy !req
612. Forget it. Mother always taught me,
never eat singing food.Copy !req
613. A pleasure having you here.Copy !req
614. I'm very pleased,
and please enjoy yourself.Copy !req
615. Excuse me, Mr. Fozziwig?Copy !req
616. Sir, I've been going over the accounts.Copy !req
617. Do you know how much the firm
is spending for this party?Copy !req
618. Master Scrooge, this is Christmas.Copy !req
619. It's a time for generosity.Copy !req
620. Stop working, enjoy yourself.
Go meet some people, go ahead.Copy !req
621. Hello.Copy !req
622. You dancing fool!Copy !req
623. I love these annual Christmas parties.Copy !req
624. I love them so much,
I think we'll do it twice a year.Copy !req
625. Excuse me.Copy !req
626. Master Scrooge.
- Excuse me.Copy !req
627. Belle, I'd like to introduce you
to Ebenezer Scrooge,Copy !req
628. the finest young financial mind
in the city.Copy !req
629. Ebenezer, this is Belle,Copy !req
630. a friend of the Fozziwig family.Copy !req
631. I'm pleased to meet you.Copy !req
632. Well, I'm glad you two finally met.Copy !req
633. Do you remember this meeting?Copy !req
634. Remember?Copy !req
635. Yes.Copy !req
636. I remember.Copy !req
637. There was, of course, another
Christmas Eve with this young woman,Copy !req
638. some years later.Copy !req
639. Please, do not show me that Christmas.Copy !req
640. Another year
before our wedding, Ebenezer.Copy !req
641. It can't be helped, Belle.Copy !req
642. How could we marry now? There's
not even enough for a decent home.Copy !req
643. The investments haven't grown
as they should.Copy !req
644. So you said last year.Copy !req
645. Business continues to be poor.Copy !req
646. You're a partner in your own firm now.Copy !req
647. Barely clearing expenses.Copy !req
648. - You said the partnership was the goal.
- This is for you.Copy !req
649. I love you, Belle.Copy !req
650. You did, once.Copy !req
651. Oh, Rizzo.Copy !req
652. Spirit, show me no more.Copy !req
653. Why do you delight in torturing me?Copy !req
654. I told you, these are the shadows
of the things that have been.Copy !req
655. That they are what they are,
do not blame me.Copy !req
656. Leave me.Copy !req
657. Scrooge was left alone
and exhausted in his bedchamber.Copy !req
658. And thus he remained, until the
nearby clock began to strike the hour.Copy !req
659. Oh.Copy !req
660. - What was that?
- 2:00.Copy !req
661. - Oh, is it too early for breakfast?
- Yes.Copy !req
662. Oh, good, supper time.Copy !req
663. Scrooge knew
the second of the ghosts was due.Copy !req
664. Yet now, as the clock finished striking...Copy !req
665. Nothing.Copy !req
666. Come in, and know me better, man.Copy !req
667. Come in, and know me better, man.Copy !req
668. - Did I already say that?
- You did.Copy !req
669. I am the Ghost of Christmas Present.Copy !req
670. This is the night before the dawn
before the day of Christmas.Copy !req
671. Did I tell you that I am
the Ghost of Christmas Present?Copy !req
672. - You did.
- Come in, know me better, man.Copy !req
673. You're a little absentminded, spirit.Copy !req
674. No, I'm a large absentminded spirit.Copy !req
675. My mind is filled with the here and now.Copy !req
676. And the now is Christmas.Copy !req
677. I don't believe I've ever met
anybody like you before, sir.Copy !req
678. Really? Over 1,800 of my brothers
have come before me.Copy !req
679. 1,800? Imagine the grocery bills.Copy !req
680. Have you ever noticed that everything
seems wonderful at Christmas?Copy !req
681. In all honesty, spirit, no.Copy !req
682. Perhaps I've never understood
about Christmas.Copy !req
683. Before this day is done,
you will understand.Copy !req
684. Oh, no! Oh, no!Copy !req
685. Ah, we shall go out into the world.Copy !req
686. I suppose you enjoyed that?Copy !req
687. - Of course.Copy !req
688. May I welcome you
to Christmas morning?Copy !req
689. It's in the singing
of a street corner choirCopy !req
690. It's going home
and getting warm by the fireCopy !req
691. It's true wherever you find loveCopy !req
692. it feels like ChristmasCopy !req
693. A cup of kindness
that we share with anotherCopy !req
694. A sweet reunion
with a friend or a brotherCopy !req
695. In all the places you find loveCopy !req
696. it feels like ChristmasCopy !req
697. It is the season of the heartCopy !req
698. A special time of caringCopy !req
699. The ways of love made clearCopy !req
700. And it is the season of the spiritCopy !req
701. The message if we hear itCopy !req
702. is make it last all yearCopy !req
703. It's in the giving of a gift
to anotherCopy !req
704. A pair of mittens
that were made by your motherCopy !req
705. It's all the ways that we show loveCopy !req
706. that feel like ChristmasCopy !req
707. A part of childhood
we'll always rememberCopy !req
708. It is the summer
of the soul in DecemberCopy !req
709. Yes, when you do your best for loveCopy !req
710. it feels like ChristmasCopy !req
711. It is the season of the heartCopy !req
712. A special time of caringCopy !req
713. The ways of love made clearCopy !req
714. It is the season of the spiritCopy !req
715. The message, if we hear itCopy !req
716. is make it last all yearCopy !req
717. It's in the singing
of a street corner choirCopy !req
718. It's going home
and getting warm by the fireCopy !req
719. It's true wherever you find loveCopy !req
720. it feels like ChristmasCopy !req
721. It's true wherever you find loveCopy !req
722. it feels like ChristmasCopy !req
723. It feels like ChristmasCopy !req
724. It feels like Christmas!Copy !req
725. It feels like ChristmasCopy !req
726. Spirit, I had no idea.Copy !req
727. I wish to see friends, kin.
Show me family.Copy !req
728. It's Fred. My dear nephew Fred
and his wife, Clara.Copy !req
729. Having Christmas with friends.Copy !req
730. Hey, look. Fruit.Copy !req
731. Well, now, we've had the plum pudding
and sung the carols.Copy !req
732. - What now, my lovelies?
- A game, Fred.Copy !req
733. Yeah, we must have a game
at Christmas.Copy !req
734. - Do people play games at Christmas?
- I love games.Copy !req
735. Say, do you know that fruit is wax?Copy !req
736. Oh, yeah, I wondered about the texture.Copy !req
737. - Let's play "Yes and No."
- Wonderful game.Copy !req
738. Ah! That's a great game. I'll be it.Copy !req
739. Yes, let Fred be it.
He always thinks of good things.Copy !req
740. I do have a good one, Clara. Guess.Copy !req
741. Is it vegetable?Copy !req
742. No.
Mineral?Copy !req
743. - No.
- Animal, then?Copy !req
744. - What else?
- What else, indeed.Copy !req
745. - Is it found on a farm?
- Never.Copy !req
746. - In the city?
- Usually.Copy !req
747. Does it pull a hansom cab?Copy !req
748. Certainly not.Copy !req
749. How about a dog?Copy !req
750. - No.
- A cat?Copy !req
751. - A cat?
- I said it first.Copy !req
752. No.Copy !req
753. Wait, is this an unwanted creature?Copy !req
754. - Often.
- A mouse?Copy !req
755. - No.
- A rat?Copy !req
756. - You called?
- A cockroach.Copy !req
757. No.Copy !req
758. - A leech?
- It's too wonderful.Copy !req
759. Wait, I know. An unwanted creature,Copy !req
760. but not a rat, a leech, or a cockroach?Copy !req
761. - Then what?
- What?Copy !req
762. It's Ebenezer Scrooge.Copy !req
763. - Yes.Copy !req
764. Wonderful.Copy !req
765. That's a killer.Copy !req
766. Come, there is much to see.Copy !req
767. No more. I wish to see no more.Copy !req
768. Here.Copy !req
769. Why have we come
to this odd corner of the town?Copy !req
770. It's Christmas here, too, you know.Copy !req
771. That's Bob Cratchit's house.Copy !req
772. Perhaps it was the spirit's
own generous nature,Copy !req
773. and his sympathy for all poor men,Copy !req
774. that led them straight to the home
of Scrooge's faithful clerk.Copy !req
775. Goose. They're cooking goose
down there.Copy !req
776. Rizzo, get out of the way.Copy !req
777. Hey, don't be sweeping
the chimney now.Copy !req
778. You're blocking the smell.Copy !req
779. - This is Bob Cratchit's house?
- How do you know that?Copy !req
780. You just told me.Copy !req
781. Hmm.Copy !req
782. Well, I'm usually trustworthy.Copy !req
783. - Who's that?
- Mrs. Cratchit, of course.Copy !req
784. Peter, do not stop turning that spit.Copy !req
785. That is the whole secret
of a properly roasted goose.Copy !req
786. - It smells so good, Mother.
- It does, doesn't it?Copy !req
787. Oh, that smells wonderful.Copy !req
788. Oh, good grief.Copy !req
789. Hey, I'm stuck, get me out of here.Copy !req
790. I knew you weren't suited for literature.Copy !req
791. At least I landed on something soft.Copy !req
792. And hot!Copy !req
793. Hot, hot, hot!Copy !req
794. Mother, Mother, Mother!Copy !req
795. You said we couldn't eat the chestnuts
until Father and Tiny Tim get home.Copy !req
796. I wasn't eating them,Copy !req
797. I was merely checking them
to see if they were not burnt.Copy !req
798. It's a chef's thing, dear.
And do not shout, Betina.Copy !req
799. - I'm Belinda.
- I'm Betina.Copy !req
800. Of course you are, Betina.Copy !req
801. Belinda.Copy !req
802. Whatever.Copy !req
803. Huh!Copy !req
804. Huh?Copy !req
805. 'Tis the season to be jolly and joyousCopy !req
806. Fa la laCopy !req
807. With a burst of pleasure
we feel it arrive, fa la laCopy !req
808. It's a season
when the saints can employ us, fa la laCopy !req
809. To spread the news about peace
and to keep love aliveCopy !req
810. Come on, son.Copy !req
811. Let's go see if Christmas dinner
is ready yet.Copy !req
812. - Oh, yeah.
- Yes.Copy !req
813. Merry Christmas, everyone.Copy !req
814. Daddy!Copy !req
815. Merry Christmas, girls.
Merry Christmas, Peter.Copy !req
816. Merry Christmas.Copy !req
817. Children, children,
it's time to set the table.Copy !req
818. - Go ahead.
- Wait for me.Copy !req
819. - Merry Christmas, Emily.
- Merry Christmas,Copy !req
820. - Crachy.
- Oh.Copy !req
821. EmmyCopy !req
822. Oh, oh.Copy !req
823. I fell down the chimney
and landed on a flaming hot goose.Copy !req
824. You have all the fun.Copy !req
825. - What?Copy !req
826. Peter, the Christmas dinner.Copy !req
827. The goose, the goose.Copy !req
828. No, now, son, you've gotten too excited.Copy !req
829. You go sit in your chair a moment.
Rest a moment.Copy !req
830. - How was he at church?
- Oh, as good as gold and better.Copy !req
831. He said he hoped the people
saw him in churchCopy !req
832. because it might be pleasant for them
to remember upon Christmas DayCopy !req
833. who made lame beggars walk
and blind men see.Copy !req
834. A remarkable child.Copy !req
835. With that,
the Cratchits came to what was surelyCopy !req
836. the happiest single moment
in all the livelong year.Copy !req
837. Such a meager feast.Copy !req
838. But very much appreciated.Copy !req
839. I pay Bob such a small amount.Copy !req
840. - Mr. Scrooge.
- Bob.Copy !req
841. Bob Cratchit?Copy !req
842. It only seems right that
I should lift a glass to my employer.Copy !req
843. I give you Mr. Scrooge,
the founder of the feast.Copy !req
844. The founder of the feast, indeed.Copy !req
845. If I had him here, I would give him
a piece of my mind to feast upon.Copy !req
846. And I bet he would choke on it.Copy !req
847. - Choke!
- My dear, the children.Copy !req
848. Christmas Day.Copy !req
849. Well, I suppose that
on the blessed day of Christmas,Copy !req
850. one must drink to the health
of Mr. Scrooge,Copy !req
851. even though he is odious,
stingy, wicked,Copy !req
852. - and unfeeling, and badly dressed.Copy !req
853. To the founder of the feast,
Mr. Scrooge.Copy !req
854. To Mr. Scrooge, he'll be very merry
and happy this day, I have no doubt.Copy !req
855. No doubt.Copy !req
856. Hmm. Cheers.Copy !req
857. God bless us, every one.Copy !req
858. Life is full of sweet surprisesCopy !req
859. Every day's a giftCopy !req
860. The sun comes up and I can feel itCopy !req
861. lift my spiritCopy !req
862. Fills me up with laughter
Fills me up with songCopy !req
863. I look into the eyes of loveCopy !req
864. And know that I belongCopy !req
865. Bless us allCopy !req
866. who gather hereCopy !req
867. The loving family I hold dearCopy !req
868. No place on EarthCopy !req
869. compares with homeCopy !req
870. And every path will bring me
back from where I roamCopy !req
871. Bless us allCopy !req
872. that as we liveCopy !req
873. We always comfort and forgiveCopy !req
874. We have so muchCopy !req
875. that we can shareCopy !req
876. With those in need
we see around us everywhereCopy !req
877. Let us always love each otherCopy !req
878. Lead us to the lightCopy !req
879. Let us hear the voice of reasonCopy !req
880. singing in the nightCopy !req
881. Let us run from angerCopy !req
882. And catch us when we fallCopy !req
883. Teach us in our dreams
And please, yes, pleaseCopy !req
884. Bless us, one and allCopy !req
885. Bless us allCopy !req
886. with playful yearsCopy !req
887. With noisy games and joyful tearsCopy !req
888. We reach for youCopy !req
889. And we stand tallCopy !req
890. And in our prayers and dreams
we ask you, bless us allCopy !req
891. We reach for youCopy !req
892. And we stand tallCopy !req
893. And in our prayers and dreams
we ask youCopy !req
894. bless us allCopy !req
895. Let's all take our seats now.
Let's have dinner.Copy !req
896. Spirit, tell me if Tiny Tim will live.Copy !req
897. That is the future.Copy !req
898. My realm is the present.Copy !req
899. However, I see a vacant seat
by the chimney corner.Copy !req
900. And a crutch without an owner.Copy !req
901. If these shadows remain unaltered,
I believe the child will die.Copy !req
902. But then, if he's going to die,
he'd better do it,Copy !req
903. and decrease the surplus population.Copy !req
904. Oh, spirit.Copy !req
905. As the Cratchit family
vanished into the darkness,Copy !req
906. Scrooge kept his eyes upon Tiny Tim,
until the last.Copy !req
907. Come. My time grows short.Copy !req
908. Spirit, do you grow old?Copy !req
909. I do.Copy !req
910. Are spirits' lives so short?Copy !req
911. My time upon this globe is very brief.Copy !req
912. I believe it will end
upon the stroke of 12.Copy !req
913. One.Copy !req
914. Now? But, spirit,
I have learned so much from you.Copy !req
915. Nothing Scrooge could do or say
could stopCopy !req
916. the relentless march
of those terrible bells.Copy !req
917. Five!Copy !req
918. Oh, spirit, do not leave me.Copy !req
919. I think I must, in fact.Copy !req
920. You have meant so much to me.
You have changed me.Copy !req
921. And now I leave you with
the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come.Copy !req
922. You mean, the future?Copy !req
923. Must I?Copy !req
924. Go forth, and know him better, man.Copy !req
925. Oh!Copy !req
926. Oh!Copy !req
927. Am I in the presence of
the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come?Copy !req
928. Spirit, I fear you more
than any specter I have yet met.Copy !req
929. Oh, this is too scary.
I don't think I want to see any more.Copy !req
930. When you're right, you're right.
You're on your own, folks.Copy !req
931. - We'll meet you at the finale.
- Yeah.Copy !req
932. I am prepared to follow and to learn,
with a thankful heart.Copy !req
933. Will you not speak to me?Copy !req
934. Oh, yes, the night is waning fast.Copy !req
935. Lead on, spirit.Copy !req
936. No, I don't know much about it,
either way.Copy !req
937. I only know he's dead.Copy !req
938. - When?
- Last night, I believe.Copy !req
939. Wonder what he died of.
I thought he'd never go.Copy !req
940. I don't know or care why he's gone.Copy !req
941. I'd just like to know
what he's done with his money.Copy !req
942. Wouldn't we all?Copy !req
943. He didn't give it to me.Copy !req
944. It's likely to be a cheap funeral.Copy !req
945. I don't know a single soul
who would go to it.Copy !req
946. I wouldn't mind going.Copy !req
947. If lunch is provided.Copy !req
948. - Speaking of lunch...
- Yes.Copy !req
949. I know some of those gentlemen, spirit.Copy !req
950. Of what poor wretch do they speak?Copy !req
951. So, back from the house of sadness,
I see.Copy !req
952. Sad that he didn't die years ago,
the old skinflint.Copy !req
953. - Hear, hear.
- Let me see.Copy !req
954. What have you got for Old Joe, huh?Copy !req
955. What have you got for me
to remember him by?Copy !req
956. Joe, get off.Copy !req
957. Well, I got these collar buttons
from his dresser.Copy !req
958. Mother of pearl.Copy !req
959. No, I got his bed curtains.Copy !req
960. Very fine damask.Copy !req
961. Very cheap damask.
But worth a few coins.Copy !req
962. I've got his blankets.Copy !req
963. His blankets?
Why, Mrs. Dilber, they're still warm.Copy !req
964. I don't pay extra for the warmth,
you know.Copy !req
965. You should.
It's the only warmth he ever had.Copy !req
966. I understand, spirit.Copy !req
967. The case of this unhappy man
might be my own.Copy !req
968. My life turns that way now.Copy !req
969. Merciful heavens.Copy !req
970. Let me see some tenderness
connected with this world,Copy !req
971. or I'll be haunted
by that terrible conversation forever.Copy !req
972. It's Bob Cratchit's house.Copy !req
973. Oh, yes, spirit.Copy !req
974. A place of joy and laughter.Copy !req
975. Thank you for bringing me here.Copy !req
976. It's so quiet.Copy !req
977. Why is it so quiet, spirit?Copy !req
978. Mother, you're crying again.Copy !req
979. It's just the lamplight,
that hurts my eyes.Copy !req
980. Not Tiny Tim?Copy !req
981. There, now.
My eyes get weak in the dim light.Copy !req
982. I would not want to show
weak eyes to your father,Copy !req
983. when he gets home,
for anything in the world.Copy !req
984. He should be back now.Copy !req
985. I think he's walked a little slower
these past two evenings.Copy !req
986. Hello, my dears.Copy !req
987. Daddy.Copy !req
988. Hello, girls.Copy !req
989. Hello, Peter.Copy !req
990. Children, please go set the table.Copy !req
991. Thank you.Copy !req
992. How was the churchyard?Copy !req
993. It will be lovely, Emily.Copy !req
994. It would have done you good
to see how green the place is.Copy !req
995. I picked a spot for Tim
where he can see...Copy !req
996. It's a spot on the hill.Copy !req
997. You can see the ducks on the river.Copy !req
998. Tiny Tim...Copy !req
999. Tiny Tim always loved
watching the ducks on the river.Copy !req
1000. Oh, spirit, must there be a Christmas
that brings this awful scene?Copy !req
1001. How can we endure it?Copy !req
1002. It's all right, children.Copy !req
1003. Life is made up
of meetings and partings.Copy !req
1004. That is the way of it.Copy !req
1005. I am sure we shall never forget
Tiny Tim.Copy !req
1006. Or this first parting
that there was among us.Copy !req
1007. Must we return to this place?Copy !req
1008. There is something else
that I must know?Copy !req
1009. Is that not true?Copy !req
1010. Spirit, I know what I must ask.Copy !req
1011. I fear to, but I must.Copy !req
1012. Who was the wretched manCopy !req
1013. whose death brought
so much glee and happiness to others?Copy !req
1014. Answer me one more question.Copy !req
1015. Are these the shadows
of things that will be?Copy !req
1016. Or are they the shadows
of things that may be, only?Copy !req
1017. These events can be changed.Copy !req
1018. A life can be made right.Copy !req
1019. "Ebenezer Scrooge."Copy !req
1020. Please, spirit, no.Copy !req
1021. Hear me, I'm not the man I was.Copy !req
1022. Why would you show me this
if I was past all hope?Copy !req
1023. I will honor Christmas,
and try to keep it all the year.Copy !req
1024. I will live my life in the past,
the present, and the future.Copy !req
1025. I will not shut out the lessons
the spirits have taught me.Copy !req
1026. Tell me that I may sponge out
the writing on this stone.Copy !req
1027. Spirit, please speak to me.Copy !req
1028. I'm home.Copy !req
1029. Yes, the bedposts were his own.Copy !req
1030. The bed was his own.
The room was his own.Copy !req
1031. Hi, guys, we're back.Copy !req
1032. We promised we would be.Copy !req
1033. But the thing that made Scrooge
happiest of allCopy !req
1034. was that his life lay before him.Copy !req
1035. And it could be changed.Copy !req
1036. I will live my life in the past,
the present, and the future.Copy !req
1037. Oh, Jacob and Robert Marley.Copy !req
1038. Heaven in the Christmas time
be praised for this day.Copy !req
1039. I say it on my knees, Jacob and Robert.Copy !req
1040. On my knees. Oh.Copy !req
1041. They're not torn down. They're here.Copy !req
1042. And I'm here. It's a miracle.Copy !req
1043. Oh. Oh.Copy !req
1044. I don't know what to do.
I'm as light as a feather.Copy !req
1045. I'm as happy as an angel,
I'm as merry as a schoolboy.Copy !req
1046. Do you think it's safe
for us to be up here?Copy !req
1047. Scrooge is saved,
what can happen now?Copy !req
1048. Yeah.Copy !req
1049. You there, boy.Copy !req
1050. What, me?Copy !req
1051. That is, "What, me, sir?"Copy !req
1052. - What's today?
- Pardon?Copy !req
1053. What's today, my fine fellow?Copy !req
1054. Today? Today is Christmas Day.Copy !req
1055. It's Christmas Day?Copy !req
1056. I haven't missed it.
The spirits did it all in one night.Copy !req
1057. They can do anything they like.
Of course they can.Copy !req
1058. - Of course they can.
- Of course they can.Copy !req
1059. Know the poultry shop nearby?Copy !req
1060. - Yes, sir, I do.
- An intelligent lad.Copy !req
1061. - A remarkable lad.Copy !req
1062. Do you know whether the prize turkey
has been sold in the window?Copy !req
1063. Oh, the one twice as big as me?
It's still there.Copy !req
1064. Oh, it's a pleasure talking with you, lad.Copy !req
1065. - Go and buy it.
- Be serious.Copy !req
1066. I am serious.
Buy it for me and I'll give you a shilling.Copy !req
1067. No, I'll give you five shillings.Copy !req
1068. WOW!Copy !req
1069. And so the boy was off like a shot.
So even...Copy !req
1070. Sorry.Copy !req
1071. I'll bring it to Bob Cratchit's house.Copy !req
1072. What a surprise it'll be.
It's twice the size of Tiny Tim.Copy !req
1073. And a few moments later,
dressed in his finest,Copy !req
1074. Scrooge appeared
on the streets of the cityCopy !req
1075. to wish merry Christmas to all the world.Copy !req
1076. - Merry Christmas.
- Merry Christmas.Copy !req
1077. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas.Copy !req
1078. Gee, thanks.Copy !req
1079. Everyone was out and about
this fine morning.Copy !req
1080. And soon he encountered
two familiar faces.Copy !req
1081. Mr. Scrooge.Copy !req
1082. Pardon me, gentlemen,
but about the charity donationCopy !req
1083. you asked me for yesterday?Copy !req
1084. Put me down for...Copy !req
1085. That much?Copy !req
1086. Not a penny less.Copy !req
1087. A great many back payments
are included in it, I assure you.Copy !req
1088. Oh, my goodness,
I don't know what to say.Copy !req
1089. I just wish there was something
we could give you.Copy !req
1090. A gift?Copy !req
1091. A gift for me?Copy !req
1092. Thank you.Copy !req
1093. Thank you.Copy !req
1094. - Fifty times! And a merry Christmas.
- Here's your turkey, Mr. Scrooge.Copy !req
1095. Follow me, lad.Copy !req
1096. With a thankful heart
With an endless joyCopy !req
1097. With a growing family
Every girl and boyCopy !req
1098. will be nephew and niece to meCopy !req
1099. Nephew and niece to meCopy !req
1100. Will bring love, hope
and peace to meCopy !req
1101. Love, hope, and peace to meCopy !req
1102. Yes, and every night will end
and every day will startCopy !req
1103. With a grateful prayer
and a thankful heartCopy !req
1104. With an open smile
and with open doorsCopy !req
1105. I will bid you welcome
What is mine is yoursCopy !req
1106. With a glass raised
to toast your healthCopy !req
1107. And a promise to share the wealthCopy !req
1108. A promise to share the wealthCopy !req
1109. I will sail a friendly courseCopy !req
1110. Follow a friendly chartCopy !req
1111. On a sea of love
and a thankful heartCopy !req
1112. Life is like a journeyCopy !req
1113. Who knows when it ends?Copy !req
1114. Yes, and if you need to knowCopy !req
1115. the measure of a manCopy !req
1116. you simply count his friendsCopy !req
1117. Stop and look around youCopy !req
1118. The glory that you seeCopy !req
1119. ls born again each day
Don't let it slip awayCopy !req
1120. How precious life can beCopy !req
1121. With a thankful heart
that is wide awakeCopy !req
1122. I do make this promise
every breath I takeCopy !req
1123. Will be used now to sing your praiseCopy !req
1124. Used now to sing your praiseCopy !req
1125. And to beg you to share my daysCopy !req
1126. Beg you to share my daysCopy !req
1127. With a loving guarantee
That even if we partCopy !req
1128. I will hold you close
in a thankful heartCopy !req
1129. I will hold you close
in a thankful heartCopy !req
1130. Oh! Oh, oh, oh, oh!Copy !req
1131. Bob Cratchit?Copy !req
1132. So, here you are.Copy !req
1133. Mr. Scrooge.Copy !req
1134. You, sir, were not at work this morning
as we had discussed.Copy !req
1135. But, Mr. Scrooge, sir, we did discuss it.Copy !req
1136. It's Christmas Day.
You gave me the day off.Copy !req
1137. I? I, Ebenezer Scrooge?Copy !req
1138. - Would I do a thing like that?
- No.Copy !req
1139. I mean, yes, but you did.Copy !req
1140. Bob Cratchit, I've had my fill of this.Copy !req
1141. And I have had my fill of you,
Mr. Scrooge.Copy !req
1142. And therefore, Bob Cratchit...Copy !req
1143. And therefore,
you can leave this house at once.Copy !req
1144. And therefore,
I'm about to raise your salary.Copy !req
1145. And I am about to raise you
right off the pavement...Copy !req
1146. - Pardon?
- Pardon?Copy !req
1147. Yes, Bob. Raise your salary.Copy !req
1148. And pay your mortgage on this house.Copy !req
1149. Oh.Copy !req
1150. - Please, sir, come inside.
- Yes, yes.Copy !req
1151. Bob Cratchit, would you and your family
care to join usCopy !req
1152. for a little turkey dinner
on this fine Christmas Day?Copy !req
1153. Merry Christmas.Copy !req
1154. And Scrooge
was better than his word.Copy !req
1155. He did it all, and infinitely more.Copy !req
1156. And Tiny Tim?Copy !req
1157. And Tiny Tim, who did not die...Copy !req
1158. Aw, isn't that swell?Copy !req
1159. To Tiny Tim,
Scrooge became a second father.Copy !req
1160. He became as good a friend,
as good a master,Copy !req
1161. and as good a man
as the good old city ever had.Copy !req
1162. It was always said of him that
he knew how to keep Christmas well,Copy !req
1163. if any man alive
possessed the knowledge.Copy !req
1164. May that truly be said of us
and all of us.Copy !req
1165. And so, as Tiny Tim observed...Copy !req
1166. - God bless us.
- God bless us.Copy !req
1167. Every one.Copy !req
1168. The love we foundCopy !req
1169. The love we foundCopy !req
1170. We carry with usCopy !req
1171. so we're never quite aloneCopy !req
1172. The love we foundCopy !req
1173. The sweetest dreamCopy !req
1174. that we have ever knownCopy !req
1175. Hey, Say goodbye!Copy !req
1176. The love we foundCopy !req
1177. Goodbye, goodbye.Copy !req
1178. So we're never quite aloneCopy !req
1179. Nice story, Mr. Dickens.Copy !req
1180. Oh, thanks. If you like this,
you should read the book.Copy !req
1181. It's in the singing
of a street corner choirCopy !req
1182. It's going home
and getting warm by the fireCopy !req
1183. It's true wherever you find loveCopy !req
1184. It feels like ChristmasCopy !req
1185. A cup of kindness
that we share with anotherCopy !req
1186. A sweet reunion
with a friend or a brotherCopy !req
1187. In all the places you find loveCopy !req
1188. It feels like ChristmasCopy !req
1189. It is the season of the heartCopy !req
1190. A special time of caringCopy !req
1191. The ways of love made clearCopy !req
1192. And it is the season
of the spiritCopy !req
1193. The message if we hear itCopy !req
1194. ls make it last all yearCopy !req
1195. Oh, yes! Make it last all year.Copy !req
1196. It's in the giving of a gift
to anotherCopy !req
1197. A pair of mittens
that were made by your motherCopy !req
1198. It's all the ways that we show loveCopy !req
1199. That feel like ChristmasCopy !req
1200. A part of childhood
we'll always rememberCopy !req
1201. It is the summer of the soul
in DecemberCopy !req
1202. Yes, when you do your best
for loveCopy !req
1203. It feels like ChristmasCopy !req
1204. And remember,
it is the season of the heartCopy !req
1205. A special time of caringCopy !req
1206. The ways of love made clearCopy !req
1207. It is the season of the spiritCopy !req
1208. The message, if we hear itCopy !req
1209. ls make it last all yearCopy !req
1210. It's in the singing
of a street corner choirCopy !req
1211. It's going home
and getting warm by the fireCopy !req
1212. It's true wherever you find loveCopy !req
1213. It feels like ChristmasCopy !req
1214. It's true wherever you find loveCopy !req
1215. It feels like ChristmasCopy !req
1216. It feels like ChristmasCopy !req
1217. It feels like ChristmasCopy !req
1218. It feels like ChristmasCopy !req