The scene changes again and now Scrooge sees his nephew - Fred - at his Christmas party. Fred is in the process of relating to his guests his encounter with Scrooge that very morning, during which ...

Scrooge finds that life is good, and time is too short, and suddenly you are not there anymore, changing his behavior toward Christmas, Bob, his nephew, and people in general.

He will not give permission for Cratchit to take more coal. Ill-mannered How is Scrooge like this? His nephew visits to wish him a 'Merry Christmas' and Scrooge is rude to him in response.

The audience watches new actors come and go, and a handful of returnees, like Eddie, who works his way up from Ebenezer Scrooge’s nephew Fred, to Scrooge’s clerk Bob Cratchit to the lead role ...