AmusicalretellingofCharlesDickens'classicnovelaboutanoldbittermisertakenonajourneyofself-redemption,courtesyofseveralmysteriousChristmasapparitions. In1860,crankyoldmiserEbenezerScroogehatesChristmas;loathespeopleanddefendsthedecreaseofthesurplusofpoorpopulation;runshisbankexploitinghisemployeeBobCratchitandclients,givingabittertreatmenttohisownnephewandacquaintances.However,onChristmasEve,heisvisitedbythedoomedghostofhisformerpartnerJacobMarleythattellshimthatthreespiritswouldvisithimthatnight.Thefirstone,thespiritofChristmasPast,recallshismiserableyouthwhenhelosthisonlyloveduetohisgreed;thespiritofChristmasPresentshowshimthepoorsituationofBob'sfamilyandhowjoyfullifemaybe;andthespiritofChristmasFutureshowshisfate.Scroogefindsthatlifeisgoodandtimeistooshortandsuddenlyyouarenotthereanymore,changinghisbehaviortowardChristmas,Bob,hisnephewandpeopleingeneral.
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