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Martha Cratchit, [1] the eldest daughter, who works as an apprentice at a milliners, on the morning of Christmas Day. Belinda Cratchit, [1] the second daughter. Peter Cratchit, [1] the heir, for whom his father is arranging employment at the weekly rate of five shillings and sixpence. Timothy "Tiny Tim" Cratchit. The youngest child, he is ...
Tiny Tim is the young, ailing son of Bob Cratchit, Ebenezer Scrooge’s underpaid clerk. When Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Present he is shown just how ill the boy really is (the family cannot afford to properly treat him on the salary Scrooge pays Cratchit).
Scrooge and Bob Cratchit celebrate Christmas in an illustration from stave five of the original edition, 1843. The third spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, shows Scrooge a Christmas Day in the future. The silent ghost reveals scenes involving the death of a disliked man whose funeral is attended by local businessmen only on condition ...
Scene from A Christmas Carol at the Adelphi Theatre - The Illustrated London News, Saturday, 17 February 1844. Miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is a harsh master to his clerk, Bob Cratchit.
— Bob Cratchit, "A Christmas Carol" “Well, in Whoville, they say that the Grinch’s heart grew three sizes that day.” — Narrator, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”
December 15, 2023 at 9:00 AM AaronAmat / iStock.com Living paycheck to paycheck during the holidays can make a person feel like the overworked, underpaid Bob Cratchit in “A Christmas Carol.”
Scrooge is then shown the Cratchit home. Despite wearing a cheery manner for his family's sake, Bob is deeply troubled by the loss of his job, though he confides in no one except his daughter Martha. The spirit hints that Bob's youngest son, Tim, will die of a crippling illness by the same time next year if things do not change.
"A Christmas Carol" is the December 23, 1954 episode of the hour-long American television anthology variety series, Shower of Stars. The episode is an adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella of the same name.