What makes this part so significant is Scrooge conversation with his nephew. "Merry Christmas! What right have you to be merry? What reason have you to be merry? You're poor enough."
So, after the Cratchits, the spirit shows him even more examples of people being merry and enjoying Christmas without lots of money or even a cosy home.
I would have loved to see that part in more of the adaptions.
Dec 18, 2022·edited Dec 18, 2022Liked by warrioreowyn
Yes, and the 1999 version shows people on a ship singing a German Christmas song. But it's still pretty rare that we get anything form the Ghost of Christmas Present apart from the Cratchits.
I love the contrast of the darkest parts of the ocean still having people, and those people still feeling joyful at the company - even if it's just two guys in a hut, they'll still feel an extra little bit of happiness to be with someone on Christmas. It's a beautiful image
"Joining their horny hands over the rough table at which they sat, they wished each other Merry Christmas in their can of grog; and one of them, the elder too, with his face all damaged and scarred with hard weather, as the figure-head of an old ship might be, struck up a sturdy song that was like a gale in itself."
What makes this part so significant is Scrooge conversation with his nephew. "Merry Christmas! What right have you to be merry? What reason have you to be merry? You're poor enough."
So, after the Cratchits, the spirit shows him even more examples of people being merry and enjoying Christmas without lots of money or even a cosy home.
I would have loved to see that part in more of the adaptions.
The 1951 film “Scrooge”, with Alistair Sim, shows the miners!
Yes, and the 1999 version shows people on a ship singing a German Christmas song. But it's still pretty rare that we get anything form the Ghost of Christmas Present apart from the Cratchits.
I love the contrast of the darkest parts of the ocean still having people, and those people still feeling joyful at the company - even if it's just two guys in a hut, they'll still feel an extra little bit of happiness to be with someone on Christmas. It's a beautiful image
I never realized the second spirit was Santa!
"Joining their horny hands over the rough table at which they sat, they wished each other Merry Christmas in their can of grog; and one of them, the elder too, with his face all damaged and scarred with hard weather, as the figure-head of an old ship might be, struck up a sturdy song that was like a gale in itself."
Why hello there, *The Lighthouse*.