Want looks like poverty and ignorance looks like greed. Two forms of pestilence upon this that shall fester and putrify until the end of time, or until the world crumbles in upon itself.
This is an awesome movie. I bet Charles Dickens never saw that his book would turn into something that everyone wanted to make movies out of! He's a pure brilliant mind =D I'm not a book writer, but I do write some short stories. If you go to my channel, the one about Christmas is up on my profile.
@OoOKrazyGirlOoO Apparently, Dickens wrote this story about himself. He claims to have been trying desperately to write for profit and had turned his back on what he felt he should be writing about. Then apparently, he was given a terrifying tour of london's underbelly one night by some person or another... and he went into his study and wrote for two weeks straight. The end of his work binge was this story. I saw that in a movie.. don't know how accurate it is.
I know it sounds completely insane, but when I was at this haunted hayride and house a few weeks ago, I closed my eyes, plugged my ears, and started singing "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen!"
@Wilson211990 Christmas is my favorite holiday because I get to get together with my family who I don't get to see as often as I'd like to. My cousin moved like 45 minutes away about a year ago, and I haven't seen her since last Christmas! DX
I had rough Christmas' growing up and i don't like the superficiality of christmas but i like the idea of spending time with family & friends, being unselfish and caring for others.
However, i think it should be done throughout the year and not just one day every year.
"Will you decide what men shall live, what men shall die? It may be, that in the sight of Heaven, you are more worthless and less fit to live than millions like this poor man's child. Oh God! to hear the Insect on the leaf pronouncing on the too much life among his hungry brothers in the dust!"
The metaphorical reference to Man's "children", Ignorance and Want, was pure genius from Charles Dickens! The warning from the Ghost of Christmas Present applies more to our time than ever before. Right now the U.S.A. is suffering from its desire for Want -- economically speaking. The number of nations suffering from Ignorance is far too large to count.
Truth is, all nations suffer from both Ignorance and Want. (Want, in this instance, meaning dearth or lack.) In most of the world it is want of necessities of living, and in ALL of it is a want of spirtual food and life. It is the fulfillment of Man's spiritual need that Christ came to bring to us, and thus the reason for Christmas in the first place.
The little ghost children held beneath the Ghost of Christmas Present's gown, "Ignorance" and "want" are very spooky indeed! I remember them from my childhood watching this Christmas cartoon. It spooked me too!
Outstanding. Almost every adaptation misses out these crucial scenes where the Spirit shows Scrooge the miners, sailors etc. This is my favourite, so true to the wonderful book.
Can you believe this cartoon was taken off tv because some complained it was to scarey for children? It is scarey! However, powerful and thought provoking.
The aging of the ghost is described in the book. He tells Scrooge that his life is very short, in fact, he is shown to be gradually aging throughout the chapter. In essense, he IS the Spirit of Christmas and he only lives for 24 hours, Christmas day.
I didn't recognize for the longest time that the Ghost of Christmas Present lived and died in a single day. Didn't catch him getting older and older in each scene.
Ignorance and want plague the human condition. Ignorance has lead to two world wars, the holocaust, our current economic hardships, and other numerous injustices that have occured as long as man has walked the earth.
"..Oh God to hear the insect on the leaf..pronouncing on the too much life of his hungry brothers in the dust." A powerful line that is spoken with such feeling. Remember those who are less fortunate. I too have memories of seeing this back in the early 70's and being very impressed by it.
Those are perhaps the most accurate "children" under the spirit's robe. Many versions leave them out. Others make them more pitiable than ominous. This got it right (though it scared me out of my wits when I was 9). The Ghost of Christmas Present is a combination of joy and warning. We need that word.
Very powerful stuff, having the Ghost of Christmas Present use Scrooge's words against him. They need to bring this special back on TV, or release it as a DVD.
I sometimes think its presumptious to assume everyone who is good is celebrating Christmas. suppose they have bad memories of family christmas's. suppose they are of a faith that doesn't celebrate christmas. suppose they are private people who prefer to avoid the superficiality of christmas. perhaps ebenezer scrooge is a beacon of hope.
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I sometimes think I'll write the "anti-Christmas Carol" where Scrooge wakes up on December 26 and realizes that all the issues, family tensions, and superficiality that accompany Christmas are over for the year
I don't think it's Christmas as much as what Christmas is supposed to represent: love and generosity toward all people no matter who they are. You don't have to be Christian to appreciate those around you. As for family tensions and bad memories, one reason Scrooge didn't like Christmas was because it reminded him of his neglectful father who left him at school over the holidays. Still he found people to care about (the Cratchits) and realized how much his nephew wanted to be in his life.
@steventhestudent You are so ignorant. Most of the things we do when Celebrating this holiday are symbolic and we are for that one day a year all the man or woman we wish we could be all year. Sucks that we aren't all year but that's the way life is. They would not be watching a christmas movie if that was the case, however. A becon of hope? I don't think so, perhaps you are a scurge upon our children and trying to justify being a dick. Stop analyzing a children's movie.
@teresahopkins1980 first of all, I can analyze anything I like. second, Dickens didnt write "A Christmas Carol" just for children. Third, I have known many people who dont celebrate Christmas because they are of a different religion. Its presumptuous to think they should be "for that one day a year all the man or woman" they wish they could be. I have known many fine Muslims who are good and kind ALL YEAR ROUND.
@steventhestudent Where exactly? Oliver Twist is a closer canidate for having anti-semitic themes mainly because of the character of Fagin which Dickens later repudiated, unless of course you mean the fact that A Christmas Carol makes mention of Christ and Christmas being his feast day throughout the book.
@steventhestudent Analyzing a children's movie based upon an intelligent man who captures the "spirit" of Christmas is asinine. All people can come together and practice the thing we should be doing all year round. Loving one another. You need to learn how to feel. Ask a child what love is and there you will find the point of this movie. Obviously you missed it. Being an uncaring, tightwad, pompas ass is never a good thing. He didn't just change for the holiday it was a pedistool.
Ignorance and Want are done brilliantly. I also love the scene transitions in this version. I remember the man at the wheel of the ship from when I was a boy.
I love that one! From the first day of december, i always watch that one like everyday, and i never get sick of it. I also love the one with George C. Scott.
AGH! Even in this version which includes Scrooge noticing them on his own, they omit the "Claw" line!
Influx27 2 months ago
Yikes, Ignorance is more creepier then he was in any other adaption!!!
sfighter991 2 months ago
"God rest ye me-rry gentle-men, may noth-ing rude dis-play..."
sarissa336 2 months ago
A classic christmas story that I have to watch every year
bayareatish 4 months ago
the boy and girl are fucking awsome lol
anastaisa100 6 months ago
wow thats a harry chest lmfao
anastaisa100 6 months ago
I miss animations like these. But all you see now is a bunch of movies that are 3d and for kids
yasmineply820 6 months ago
Want looks like poverty and ignorance looks like greed. Two forms of pestilence upon this that shall fester and putrify until the end of time, or until the world crumbles in upon itself.
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BryceSnow121 9 months ago
This is an awesome movie. I bet Charles Dickens never saw that his book would turn into something that everyone wanted to make movies out of! He's a pure brilliant mind =D I'm not a book writer, but I do write some short stories. If you go to my channel, the one about Christmas is up on my profile.
OoOKrazyGirlOoO 1 year ago
@OoOKrazyGirlOoO Apparently, Dickens wrote this story about himself. He claims to have been trying desperately to write for profit and had turned his back on what he felt he should be writing about. Then apparently, he was given a terrifying tour of london's underbelly one night by some person or another... and he went into his study and wrote for two weeks straight. The end of his work binge was this story. I saw that in a movie.. don't know how accurate it is.
FlyTheObserver 1 year ago
@FlyTheObserver Ooooh okay. o.o He's still really brilliant tho
OoOKrazyGirlOoO 1 year ago
is that green guy is that the ghost of christmas past cause,i'm doing a book report about this
ino9inuzuka 1 year ago
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No this is is the ghost of christmas present
in part 2 is the ghost of christmas past
MsTetrapak 1 year ago
@MsTetrapak thnx i really need it for my book report
ino9inuzuka 11 months ago
this is the creepiest version out there
hongpingmike 1 year ago 2
i cant find the song at 1:30 to 2:12
lookman373 1 year ago
@lookman373 Its called "God Rest ye Merry Gentlemen"
tornickin 1 year ago
I didnt know that there were two "boys" called wnat and ignorance in this story
andre34343 1 year ago
I know it sounds completely insane, but when I was at this haunted hayride and house a few weeks ago, I closed my eyes, plugged my ears, and started singing "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen!"
@Wilson211990 Christmas is my favorite holiday because I get to get together with my family who I don't get to see as often as I'd like to. My cousin moved like 45 minutes away about a year ago, and I haven't seen her since last Christmas! DX
7435ash 1 year ago
I had rough Christmas' growing up and i don't like the superficiality of christmas but i like the idea of spending time with family & friends, being unselfish and caring for others.
However, i think it should be done throughout the year and not just one day every year.
Wilson211990 1 year ago
I love Ignorance and Want.
jmlabel 1 year ago
MRS STANDEAVEN HELO!!!!
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juralynsuarez 1 year ago
This show was on when I was just a child. It scared me to death, the creatures underneath the robe. I am now 49 years old and it still stirs me. Wow!
LORDSPUP7 1 year ago
"Will you decide what men shall live, what men shall die? It may be, that in the sight of Heaven, you are more worthless and less fit to live than millions like this poor man's child. Oh God! to hear the Insect on the leaf pronouncing on the too much life among his hungry brothers in the dust!"
~The Ghost of Christmas Present
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ChristopherGomezful 2 years ago
"if he be like to die, he better do it, and decrease the surplus population!"
sunplenty 2 years ago
wow,, what a touching yet scary movie!
4acesgals 2 years ago
ignorance and want are so creepy
roland53ph 2 years ago
Ignorance and Want creeped me out when I was a kid, but in a good way. They look like they were drawn by Kathe Kollwitz!
Tolly12bells 2 years ago
All I keep thinking is "GOLLUM!! GOLLUM!!"
ArthasvsLeon 2 years ago
The metaphorical reference to Man's "children", Ignorance and Want, was pure genius from Charles Dickens! The warning from the Ghost of Christmas Present applies more to our time than ever before. Right now the U.S.A. is suffering from its desire for Want -- economically speaking. The number of nations suffering from Ignorance is far too large to count.
alligatorartist 2 years ago 25
Truth is, all nations suffer from both Ignorance and Want. (Want, in this instance, meaning dearth or lack.) In most of the world it is want of necessities of living, and in ALL of it is a want of spirtual food and life. It is the fulfillment of Man's spiritual need that Christ came to bring to us, and thus the reason for Christmas in the first place.
DSDunlap72 2 years ago 12
You have an some awesome insight on this, thanks so much.
MercuryRis 2 years ago 2
@alligatorartist You know what, when I watch A Christmas Carol at that part, I feel the same!
7435ash 1 year ago
hmm..creepy...haha..i watching this for my book im reading with my english teacher
forevermuzicluver 2 years ago
my school is doing a play on the christmas carol and its way better than this!! you actually see more things in ebeenezers past present and future
dramaqueen0425 2 years ago
The story becomes scarier by the moment beginning at 1:19
kdp2004 2 years ago 2
i like the fisherman bit
MrMeefos 2 years ago
The very last scene scared the crap out of me when I was a kid back in 1970 or so.
TighelanderII 2 years ago 3
J'adore this animation! FANTASTIC- god bless us everyone!
jokerman569 2 years ago
The little ghost children held beneath the Ghost of Christmas Present's gown, "Ignorance" and "want" are very spooky indeed! I remember them from my childhood watching this Christmas cartoon. It spooked me too!
nongthip 2 years ago
Outstanding. Almost every adaptation misses out these crucial scenes where the Spirit shows Scrooge the miners, sailors etc. This is my favourite, so true to the wonderful book.
OliviaBassClef 2 years ago 3
but most of all,,, beware this boy.
poolfarm2 2 years ago
3:31 - Gollum! Gollum!!
shenloken2 2 years ago
A POWERFUL animated holiday film. The BEST ever. The animation style was very eerie...
Zane777077 2 years ago 5
Can you believe this cartoon was taken off tv because some complained it was to scarey for children? It is scarey! However, powerful and thought provoking.
peterglund 2 years ago 5
Eye-opener...
rajadeepakkumar27 2 years ago 2
Why is the ghost getting older? His beard is becoming whiter and longer.
Serdikan 3 years ago 3
The aging of the ghost is described in the book. He tells Scrooge that his life is very short, in fact, he is shown to be gradually aging throughout the chapter. In essense, he IS the Spirit of Christmas and he only lives for 24 hours, Christmas day.
33Keith33 3 years ago 3
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Wrong, a day on the whole planet lasts for 48 hours. That's how long the Ghost of the present Christmases lives for - 48 hours
Serdikan 2 years ago
That's why he's called the ghost of Christmas Present, and why he talked about having so many brothers who had gone before him.
canadarox14 2 years ago
His time on earth was almost up.
MrCherryCola 2 years ago
What a coincidence of all the people he visited Scrooge had to be the last one
Serdikan 2 years ago
The children are quite creepy. They represent what's inside natural haters.
adog262 3 years ago
The scenes from 1:22-2:30 were pretty creepy. The way they sang that song was very creepy, too.
kdp2004 3 years ago 2
I didn't recognize for the longest time that the Ghost of Christmas Present lived and died in a single day. Didn't catch him getting older and older in each scene.
Javer80 3 years ago
Ignorance and want plague the human condition. Ignorance has lead to two world wars, the holocaust, our current economic hardships, and other numerous injustices that have occured as long as man has walked the earth.
bandibreath 3 years ago 2
"..Oh God to hear the insect on the leaf..pronouncing on the too much life of his hungry brothers in the dust." A powerful line that is spoken with such feeling. Remember those who are less fortunate. I too have memories of seeing this back in the early 70's and being very impressed by it.
Twiliteman 3 years ago
Those are perhaps the most accurate "children" under the spirit's robe. Many versions leave them out. Others make them more pitiable than ominous. This got it right (though it scared me out of my wits when I was 9). The Ghost of Christmas Present is a combination of joy and warning. We need that word.
85mello07 3 years ago 3
wow this is some scary stuff
lookatmeandie 3 years ago 3
oh god, how perfect. christmas spirit epitomizd
frozenstrawbs 3 years ago
epitomized*
frozenstrawbs 3 years ago
I love the Ghost's comment about the insect on the leaf!
bibleanddisneyfan 3 years ago 5
I do too.
SOJ721 3 years ago
Cool!
bibleanddisneyfan 3 years ago
ignorance and want, the dark side of father christmas.
Sadly the mainstay of the modern mentality at christmas
rayblack2004 3 years ago 3
those two children under christmas present's robe sorta freak me out. but i love this movie!
QSLstudios 3 years ago 3
what is the song it is done brillantly as miners sing and the captain of the ship
darkfool2000 3 years ago
"god bless ye merry gentlemen"
raspberryicedtea 3 years ago
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
85mello07 3 years ago 3
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eew! Now im going to get nightmares :( I like the disney version better:D
noen14 3 years ago
Very powerful stuff, having the Ghost of Christmas Present use Scrooge's words against him. They need to bring this special back on TV, or release it as a DVD.
sarniatownreggae 3 years ago
I cry every time I watch it.Childhood memories...
54spiritedwill54 3 years ago
Argh!!! This iz mah favorite part! Those little kidz hiding in the pervs robe is soooo creepy:D
brownchao199 3 years ago
The animations are so great. Love the clean line only style and sparse color.
Afrowasi 4 years ago
I sometimes think its presumptious to assume everyone who is good is celebrating Christmas. suppose they have bad memories of family christmas's. suppose they are of a faith that doesn't celebrate christmas. suppose they are private people who prefer to avoid the superficiality of christmas. perhaps ebenezer scrooge is a beacon of hope.
steventhestudent 4 years ago
Scrooge as the good guy whose fate is ruined by the spirits rather than the other way around. Ha! Brilliant!
astroboy1960 4 years ago 3
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I sometimes think I'll write the "anti-Christmas Carol" where Scrooge wakes up on December 26 and realizes that all the issues, family tensions, and superficiality that accompany Christmas are over for the year
steventhestudent 4 years ago
I don't think it's Christmas as much as what Christmas is supposed to represent: love and generosity toward all people no matter who they are. You don't have to be Christian to appreciate those around you. As for family tensions and bad memories, one reason Scrooge didn't like Christmas was because it reminded him of his neglectful father who left him at school over the holidays. Still he found people to care about (the Cratchits) and realized how much his nephew wanted to be in his life.
wheresolive 2 years ago 3
@steventhestudent You are so ignorant. Most of the things we do when Celebrating this holiday are symbolic and we are for that one day a year all the man or woman we wish we could be all year. Sucks that we aren't all year but that's the way life is. They would not be watching a christmas movie if that was the case, however. A becon of hope? I don't think so, perhaps you are a scurge upon our children and trying to justify being a dick. Stop analyzing a children's movie.
teresahopkins1980 1 year ago
@teresahopkins1980 first of all, I can analyze anything I like. second, Dickens didnt write "A Christmas Carol" just for children. Third, I have known many people who dont celebrate Christmas because they are of a different religion. Its presumptuous to think they should be "for that one day a year all the man or woman" they wish they could be. I have known many fine Muslims who are good and kind ALL YEAR ROUND.
steventhestudent 1 year ago
@teresahopkins1980 "A Christmas Carol" has subtle anti-semitic themes
steventhestudent 1 year ago
@steventhestudent Where exactly? Oliver Twist is a closer canidate for having anti-semitic themes mainly because of the character of Fagin which Dickens later repudiated, unless of course you mean the fact that A Christmas Carol makes mention of Christ and Christmas being his feast day throughout the book.
cha5 1 year ago
@steventhestudent Analyzing a children's movie based upon an intelligent man who captures the "spirit" of Christmas is asinine. All people can come together and practice the thing we should be doing all year round. Loving one another. You need to learn how to feel. Ask a child what love is and there you will find the point of this movie. Obviously you missed it. Being an uncaring, tightwad, pompas ass is never a good thing. He didn't just change for the holiday it was a pedistool.
teresahopkins1980 1 year ago
Ignorance and Want are done brilliantly. I also love the scene transitions in this version. I remember the man at the wheel of the ship from when I was a boy.
Jakehotep 4 years ago
Every night on Christmas Eve, I always watch the Muppets Christmas Carol as my tradition.
1mangaguy 4 years ago 2
I love that one! From the first day of december, i always watch that one like everyday, and i never get sick of it. I also love the one with George C. Scott.
BroadwayKidNamedJosh 3 years ago
great,puts u in mood for crimbo
seesnap 4 years ago
merry christmas to every1 watching ^_^
god bless
DaSteveMyster 4 years ago
God bless us, everyone...
droog69 4 years ago
thnx 4 posting, Im proforming the christmas carol in school tommarow, im tiny tim, ignorane, and larchmont.
radically4rad 4 years ago
very nice
remember this from way back
mustymodo 4 years ago
dont try to wath this while ur eating.....
sio42 4 years ago
Awe Tiny Tim is so cute!
MikeFisherObsession 4 years ago 3
ya.....ok
rjgurl5 4 years ago
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TheAngelOfCinema 4 years ago
i like how what scrooge says comes back to bite him and he feels bad now that he knows cratched has a son who will die soon
simsgirlgem 4 years ago
superb version.i remember seeing this and still remains very powerful.a gem
hart2316 4 years ago
I've somehow never seen this version, I think. Strange. It's amazing. This is a powerful adaptation.
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twiztedd 4 years ago
The crutch and the vacant stool in the corner, the flying scenes,and the phantoms of Ingorance and Want,wow,what vivid memories -from 25+ years ago.
goldenagenut 4 years ago 4
Yes,
That "Ignorance" animation used to give me nightmares for days every year.
perhaps that is why they took this show off the air. The only minor flaw in this wonderful filmis that it is in a half an hour format.
They should have expaned it to an hour and included a few more great lines.
lovelymess 4 years ago 2
Beware of mankind's afflicted children! Ignorance and Want. But most of all Behare of the boy (Ignorance).
ismail357 4 years ago 3
it was on vhs with curious george visits a toy store,I love dinosaurs,padington's birthday bonanza..etc.
zippygrl 4 years ago
I cry every time I watch it.Childhood memories...
numberstation 5 years ago