A miser faces the ghosts of his past on Christmas Eve.
Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly London misanthrope who hates Christmas, is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of Marley, his former business partner, who informs him that three apparitions will come to him that night. Shortly after Marley vanishes, the Ghost of Christmas Past appears and takes Scrooge back in time to his youth and his courtship of Isabel; the ghost criticizes him for abandoning Isabel for the pursuit of money. It then disappears and the Ghost of Christmas Present materializes and takes Scrooge to the house of Bob Cratchit, one of Scrooge's underpaid employees. Scrooge watches as the Cratchits happily prepare for their Christmas dinner, despite the fact that Bob Cratchit is miserably poor. Of the Cratchit's five children, Scrooge is particularly drawn to Cratchit's crippled son, Tiny Tim. The ghost returns Scrooge to his house, and he is then taken to Tiny Tim's grave by the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come. The old man is even more shocked when the ghost shows Scrooge his future, to be spent chained in Hell. Upon awakening on Christmas morning, Scrooge rushes from the house determined to celebrate Christmas. He buys a fine turkey and many toys and goes to the Cratchits' home. Although they are surprised by the old man's change of heart, they welcome him into their home.
