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    A Christmas Carol

    A mean-spirited old man named Ebenezer Scrooge sits in his counting-house on a cold
    Christmas Eve.

    His clerk, Bob Cratchit, shivers in another room

    Bob Crachit Can I make a fire please Mr Scrooge?

    Scrooge Work faster, that will warm your hands up

    Scrooge's nephew, Fred, pays his uncle a visit and invites him to his annual Christmas party.

    Fred Enters as a whisp of snow follows him in through the door

    Fred Uncle Scrooge, do excuse the snow on my boots

    Scrooge What do you want? I am working

    Fred I have 2 gentlemen to see you

    Two portly gentlemen with collecting tins enter. They are ALSO COLD

    Gentleman 1 (very jolly) Good day to you sir

    Scrooge What is so good about it?

    Gentleman 1 it is Christmas

    Gentleman 2 Will you give some money to the poor?

    Scrooge Give? To the poor? Can they not work for money?

    Fred Here Gentlemen (he places 2 coins in the tin) I give 1


    coin from me and 1 from my grumpy old Uncle
    THE 2 MEN TURN AND START TO LEAVE

    Gentleman 1 Merry Christmas

    Gentleman 2 Merry Christmas

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    THEY LEAVE AND the DOOR SHUTS BEHIND THEM

    Scrooge Christmas! Bah Humbug!

    Fred Uncle I came to say, if you wish to have Christmas


    dinner with me, you are always welcome (HE TURNS
    TO LEAVE) Oh and a Merry Christmas to you
    FRED LEAVES AND THE DOOR SHUTS BEHIND HIM

    Scrooge Christmas! Bah Humbug!

    Bob Crachit Sir, do not be too hard on them. It is Christmas eve.

    Scrooge So?

    Bob Crachit Well peace and good will to all men. I wonder if I
    could go early today?

    Scrooge Oh yes. Off you go now

    Bob Crachit Oh really sir, oh how kind (he hurries as he puts on


    his coat, scarf etc) Well off I go. So kind. Merry
    Christmas.
    AS BOB CRACHIT IS JUST ABOUT TO LEAVE SCROOGE SCRIBBLES IN HIS BOOK

    Scrooge I’ll just make a note TO NOT PAY YOU FOR TODAY!

    THE ROOM IS QUIET AND SCROOGE MUMBLES TO HIMSELF. HE LOOKS AROUND THE
    ROOM. SUDDENLY THERE ARE HEARD THREE LOUD BANGS

    Scrooge Who is it? Who is there?


    THREE MORE BANGS

    Scrooge Who is it? Where are you? Show your face!


    ENTER A GHOST,

    JACOB MARLEY Scrooge it is I. It is your old partner Jacob Marley

    Scrooge What? It is my eyes, they need a rest

    JACOB MARLEY No it is me. Jacob Marley. I come to warn you.

    Stephen Thomas
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    Scrooge Warn me?

    Jacob Marley You must be good. Look at me. I carry heavy chains. I
    pay the price of a bad life. You will have 3 visits
    tonight. Pay attention to them.
    HE DISAPEARES

    Scrooge My eyes need a rest. That was not real. I must sleep.
    HE GOES TO SLEEP, then BANG! HE OPENS HIS EYES AND A NEW GHOST IS THERE

    Scrooge Who are you?

    Christmas Past I am the ghost of Christmas past. Look at this


    picture. Who is it?

    Scrooge Is it...Bella?

    Christmas past Yes it is, she is very pretty. Did you love her?

    Scrooge I...did...a long time ago.

    Christmas Past She left you alone because you loved money more. She
    does not think of you anymore.

    Scrooge No? Oh. I dream about her sometimes. In fact this is


    a dream. Go away. I want to get some sleep!
    HE DRIFTS OFF TO SLEEP. SUDDENLY THERE ARE 2 BANGS!

    The Ghost of Christmas Present, a majestic giant clad spirit

    Scrooge Who are you?

    Christmas present I am the ghost of Christmas present. Come with


    me
    The ghost takes Scrooge through London to unveil Christmas as it will happen that year.

    Ghost of present Do you know who that is?

    Scrooge It is the Crachit family. Bob works for me.

    Ghost of present Watch them...


    THE CRACHIT FAMILY ARE MAKING CHRISTMAS DINNER.

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    Bob Crachit Is the chicken nearly roasted Mrs Crachit?

    Mrs Crachit Yes and the sprouts are done too


    IN WALKS A SMALL BOY WITH A BAD LEG, HE STRUGGLES UP TO BOB CRACHIT

    Tiny Tim Dad I am going to have the best Christmas ever

    Bob Crachit We can only afford a small chicken

    Mrs Crachit That Mr Scrooge, he should pay you more, the


    mean old so and so

    Bob Crachit Oh let us just have a lovely Christmas

    Tiny Tim Yes mum, good will to ALL men!


    THEY ALL LAUGH

    Scrooge to Ghost How can that boy be so happy

    Ghost He has a bad leg but a good heart

    Scrooge I feel tired I must sleep


    HE SHUTS HIS EYES, THE GHOST LEAVES. ALL IS STILL WHEN SUDDENLY THERE ARE
    3 BANGS

    Scrooge Who is there?

    Christmas to be I am the ghost of the Christmas yet to be. Look


    here Scrooge

    Scrooge Oh, a funeral. Some man being buried

    Christmas to be Yes, the man died but look at the people who
    have come to the funeral

    Scrooge I can see no one

    Christmas to be Exactly. He had no friends. No one cared for


    him.

    Scrooge The name on the stone. I can not see it, what
    does it say?

    Christmas to be Scrooge

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    Scrooge Oh I can not stand any more. Is this the


    Christmas that WILL BE or the Christmas that
    MIGHT BE?

    Christmas to be That might be

    Scrooge So I can change this. I can be a better person.


    Oh ghost I am so tired. Look at the name.
    Scrooge...Scrooge (he falls asleep mumbling to
    himself) Scrooge
    SUDDENLY THERE IS A LOUD BANG, SCROOGE JUMPS UP AND RUSHES TO THE
    WINDOW. A CHILD HAS THROWN A SNOWBALL AT THE WINDOW. SCROOGE OPENS
    THE WINDOW

    Scrooge Child,did you just throw a snowball?

    CHILD Yes sir, sorry sir.

    Scrooge What day is it?

    CHILD Christmas day sir

    Scrooge It is? IT IS! Oh joy, here child have a shilling.

    Child Thank you sir

    SCROOGE Are you the child that works at the Butchers?

    Child Yes sir

    Scrooge here, another 5 shillings to you. Get the biggest


    turkey you have and take it to Mr Crachit.

    Child yes sir, I will sir

    Scrooge Oh and child....a MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU!

    From that day forward Mr Scrooge loved Christmas with all his heart: he treats Tiny Tim as
    if he were his own child, provides lavish gifts for the poor, and treats his fellow human
    beings with kindness, generosity, and warmth. The end.

    Stephen Thomas

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