The second ghost is one of Christmas present. Clara sings “The Love Is Gone.” At this point you can see why Scrooge is such a “humbug.” He never had a merry Christmas.
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There used to be a song at this part when I had the movie on VHS. In the next scene Scrooge is shown the Christmas he lost Clara because he was too concerned about money matters, pushing their wedding back farther and farther. This is where Scrooge meets his one love, Clara.
Next the spirit takes him to a Christmas party of his first employer’s, Fozziwig (Fezziwig, played by Fozzie Bear). Instead Scrooge is almost giddy in nostalgia when he sees his old classmates and professor. He does not focus on his reclusive, work-driven holidays. They watch Christmas days throughout Scrooge’s childhood. She is a glowing, wispy figure who takes Scrooge to his old school.
The ghost of Christmas past visits first. The spirits tell him he will be visited by three ghosts. Scrooge is visited first by the damned ghosts of his former partners “Marley and Marley.” The two are wrapped in chains and in shackles and warn Scrooge that if he does not change his ways, he will end up like them. My sisters and I used to get so excited and sang along knowing that the next morning we were going to wake up to a sparkling tree with wrapped gifts beneath it.Īs an adult the excitement of receiving gifts is not as enchanting, but this movie is so sentimental and sends such a powerful message of greed and what it does to people. Bob Cratchit holds Christmas in his heart and sings “there’s magic in the air today, that’s good for everyone…after all there’s only one more sleep till Christmas.” Cratchit get ready to close up for the holiday. Scrooge leaves the office for the night, and the bookkeepers and Mr. Many people read or watch A Christmas Carol around the holidays, but my family watches the Muppets specifically on Christmas Eve because of the song sung by Bob Cratchit, played by Kermit the Frog, after Scrooge agrees to give him Christmas off due to the lack of business. The “humbug” Scrooge replies, “If they’d rather die, then they better do it and decrease the surplus population.”īy this point, you get the picture that Ebenezer Scrooge is a horrible, unhappy person. The men say some would rather die than go to those places. Scrooge says his taxes go to pay “for the prisons and the poorhouses.” Scrooge curses, “If I would work my will, every idiot who goes about with “Merry Christmas on his lips would be cooked with his own Turkey and buried…” Two gentlemen, played by Bunsen and Beaker, enter the office to ask about Christmas charitable donations for the poor and homeless.įred gives his small donation. He covets money above anything else, but holds on to his riches, even refusing to give his bookkeepers extra coal for the fire in the frigid old London winter.įred, Scrooge’s only living relative, stops by his office on Christmas Eve to invite his uncle to Christmas dinner with he and his wife. Scrooge is a shrewd business man and landlord. The vegetables sing, “if he was a flavor, I bet he would be sour.” The music throughout the movie is thoughtful and helps to tell the story in a way relatable to all ages.
Support for this program and pay what you can admission price are underwritten in part by a grant from the Coral Gables Community Foundation and sponsorship by Grove Bank & Trust.The action starts when Scrooge, played by the great Michael Cain, is described through song. Presented in partnership with Books & Books and Coral Gables Museum.
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Each ticket includes a free small popcorn. Admission is pay what you can per ticket, with a suggested price of $5 per person. Hosted on the second Saturday & Sunday of every month. Together with kind, humble Bob Cratchit (Kermit the Frog) and his family, these Spirits open Scrooge's eyes-and his heart-to the true meaning of Christmas.įamily Day on Aragon is culturally rich, inexpensive family fun featuring beloved classics and new favorites for all to enjoy. One fateful Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. Michael Caine gives a performance that's anything but "bah, humbug!" as greedy, penny-pinching Ebenezer Scrooge. Join Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and all the hilarious Muppets in this merry, magical version of Charles Dickens' classic tale. Tis the season for love, laughter and one of the most cherished stories of all time. Saturday, 12/11 & Sunday, 12/12 "It's warmth and wit make it one of the greatest literary adaptations of all time." -Charlotte Runcie, Daily Telegraph
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