Enthusiastic When Scrooge finally turns up for Christmas dinner, Fred welcomes him in. "Let him in! It is a mercy he didn't shake his arm off." Fred's enthusiasm is evident in his hearty welcome ...

He dismisses Fred, his nephew and only living relative. He turns away two charity collectors. On Christmas Eve, the ghost of Scrooge's late business partner, Jacob Marley, visits to warn him of ...

Ebenezer Scrooge is a hard-nosed, single-minded businessman in Victorian London. He has no friends, has disowned his only living relative--his nephew Fred Hollywell--and generally treats everyone ...