"at his nephew Fred's home; Fred had invited him to dinner, and Scrooge, as usual, had declined the invitation. From this experience, Scrooge also learns about Bob Cratchit's family, and how his youngest son, Tiny Tim, is a fragile creature supported by a crutch who may be doomed to die unless he receives better nourishment, more than his father can provide. Finally, Scrooge receives the last of the visits, from the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, and Scrooge finds himself a changed man after he learns of the cruel fate in store for Tiny Tim, as well as the"
"Jersey. His father, Francisco III, was a restaurateur, and his mother, Denise, was a nurse. His father is Puerto Rican and his mother is of Italian and Irish descent. He has an elder sister, Cristina. When Muniz was four years old, his family moved to Knightdale, North Carolina, where he grew up. He was first discovered at the age of eight, at a talent show in Raleigh, North Carolina, in a local production of ""A Christmas Carol"", cast as Tiny Tim. Shortly after, his parents divorced, and he subsequently moved to Burbank, California, with his mother. Beginning in the sixth"
"Tiny Tim, once famous as a Depression-era comic strip and still well known as a character in Charles Dickens's ""A Christmas Carol"". The verse was first recorded as a joke in the 1920s and as the modern children's song in New York in 1938. Although the song derives from lyrics about an unwed whore, few children consider that Miss Lucy might be unmarried; instead, the concern of the song has shifted to the appearance of new siblings. The opening lines now often change to ""My mother had a baby..."" or ""I had a little brother..."" The variants including a woman"
"Victorian era, and the hardships suffered at that time by the poor. These representative characters are typically children, presumably because children are most dependent upon others for survival, especially when they come from the lower social classes. Tiny Tim is among these characters, and is the most notable example in ""A Christmas Carol"". When the audience first meet Tiny Tim, he rests upon his father's shoulder, suggesting that while the Cratchits love their boy dearly, his situation is nonetheless a burden on the family. Further representative of this burden is Tiny Tim's crippled condition. That he is crippled evokes the"
"Derek Collier, was a violinist who also taught at the Royal Academy of Music and performed with orchestras around the world. Regarding the role music plays within his family, Collier says, ""We sing Bach chorales together as family – it's just so much fun."" Collier is of part Chinese descent, through his maternal grandmother, Leila Wong. Collier was also a child actor in film under the name Jacob Moriarty. In 2004 he portrayed Tiny Tim in Arthur Allan Seidelman's ""A Christmas Carol"". At the same time, young Collier was also immersing himself in classical music, gaining performing experience as a"
"Ted Donaldson Ted Donaldson (born August 20, 1933, in New York City, New York) is an American former child actor. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Donaldson was the son of singer-composer Will Donaldson and Will's wife, Jo. His mother died when he was 4 1/2 years old. His stepmother was radio organist Muriel Pollock. He attended the Professional Children's School in New York City. Donaldson began his acting career in December 1937 when he appeared in an NBC radio show. In 1941, he played Tiny Tim in a week-long serialized version of Dickens' ""A Christmas Carol"" that was presented on"
"""A Christmas Carol"". Wilson agreed to take part at the suggestion of his mother and was cast as Tiny Tim. From that moment on he continued doing theater as a child. While he didn't do theater in high school, he partook in concerts and marching bands in which he played alto and tenor saxophone. At fifteen, Wilson decided that he wanted to become a professional actor. While in high school he signed with Look Talent, a San Francisco talent agency. At seventeen, he began studying at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. Shortly thereafter, he landed a manager in"
"where he saw—and was affected by seeing—fettered prisoners. For the character Tiny Tim, Dickens used his nephew Henry, a disabled boy who was five at the time ""A Christmas Carol"" was written. The two figures of Want and Ignorance, sheltering in the robes of the Ghost of Christmas Present, were inspired by the children Dickens had seen on his visit to a ragged school in the East End of London. The transformation of Scrooge is central to the story. Davis considers Scrooge to be ""a protean figure always in process of reformation""; Kelly writes that the transformation is reflected in"
"lending his name, introducing the night's program, and providing an occasional voice-over narration, Burns was not involved in any of the episodes as an actor and those who tuned in expecting to see him as such were disappointed. Several well-known comedians appeared in episodes of this show, including Joe Piscopo, Robert Klein, Don Rickles, Martin Mull, Don Knotts, and Howard Hesseman. The show is probably best known for two particular segments, one being ""Christmas Carol II: The Sequel"" in which an adult Tiny Tim has come to exhibit many of the characteristics once defining his father's old boss, Ebenezer Scrooge,"
"Alexander Williams (cartoonist) Alexander ""Alex"" Williams (born 18 October 1967 in London) is an English film animator and cartoonist. He is the son of animator Richard Williams. He has worked on many animated films, and is the author of the ""Queens Counsel"" cartoon strip in The Times, for which he was awarded the Cartoon Art Trust Award for Strip Cartooning in October 2017. Williams was born in London in 1967. He is the son of Canadian animator Richard Williams., and the grandson of the diplomat George H. Steuart. He played the voice of Tiny Tim in his father's 1971 television"
"Christmas Carol"" during one of his last public readings, and later in life recollected her shock at seeing her grandfather crying over the death of Tiny Tim. She later wrote: 'The ""Venerables"" on the platform was quite a stranger to me, and his proceedings were so eccentric as to be most alarming. He took no notice of me, or of my mother; and yet it seemed to me that he never took his eyes off me. And to Tiny Tim himself I owe my one one intensely painful and distressing memory of my grandfather, for the climax of my discomfort"
"but also to warn of the terrible danger to society created by the toleration of widespread ignorance and actual want among the poor. George Cruikshank, the illustrator who had earlier worked with Dickens on ""Sketches by Boz"" (1836) and ""Oliver Twist"" (1838), introduced him to the caricaturist John Leech. By 24 October Dickens invited Leech to work on ""A Christmas Carol"", and four hand-coloured etchings and four black-and-white wood engravings by the artist accompanied the text. Dickens's hand-written manuscript of the story does not include the sentence in the penultimate paragraph ""... and to Tiny Tim, who did ""not"" die"";"
"performance as Marley's Ghost in the same film. Michael Redgrave narrated the story and veteran animator Chuck Jones served as executive producer. Williams' son Alexander Williams, then aged four, provided the voice for Tiny Tim. This adaptation of ""A Christmas Carol"" has a distinctive look, created by multiple pans and zooms and by innovative, unexpected scene transitions. The visual style, which is unusually powerful, is inspired by 19th century engraved illustrations of the original story by John Leech and the pen and ink renderings by illustrator Milo Winter that graced 1930s editions of the book. The intended audience does not"
"that Tiny Tim has died. This, and several other visions, lead Scrooge to reform his ways. At the end of the story, Dickens makes it explicit that Tiny Tim does not die, and Scrooge becomes a ""second father"" to him. In the story, Tiny Tim is known for the statement, ""God bless us, every one!"" which he offers as a blessing at Christmas dinner. Dickens repeats the phrase at the end of the story; this is symbolic of Scrooge's change of heart. Dickens often used his characters to demonstrate the disparity between social classes that existed in England during the"
"about Tiny Tim's fate. She replies, ""We all will die. Nothing can be done without assistance."" Then the Ghost of Christmas Future (JoJo Baby) covered in a black robe transports him to a bleak future Christmas, where everyone becomes happy about his death, a gay center whose donation offer Scrooge refused earlier is financially struggling and close to shutting down, and his possessions are stolen and then sold to pawn shops. Then the spirit transports Scrooge to the Cratchit home, where the family mourn Tiny Tim's death, and then to the scene of Scrooge's death and his tombstone inscribed: ""E."
"In ""Mickey's Christmas Carol"", Willie is portrayed in a much more positive light than he was in ""Mickey and the Beanstalk"", serving as a supporting protagonist rather than a villain. Here, he plays the role of the Ghost of Christmas Present and helps show Ebenezer Scrooge (Scrooge McDuck) the error of his ways by taking him to the house of his abused and underpaid clerk, Bob Cratchit (Mickey Mouse) and showing him that by paying Cratchit so little despite his hard work, Cratchit's son, Tiny Tim, will soon die of his illness. This revelation moves Scrooge to tears, but Willie"
"in community theatre, and he grew up attending her musical theatre rehearsals. At the age of four, a director noticed he could take direction, and at the age of five, his family began letting him audition, leading to his first speaking role as ""Tiny Tim"" in a community theatre production of ""A Christmas Carol"". Snyder's appearance as ""Tiny Tim"" caught the attention of local actor, writer and director, Tina Fitch, who was impressed with his work and would go on to cast him in several University of Alabama (U of A) productions whenever they needed a child performer. Some of"
"change his ways, before awakening to find it is Christmas morning. He immediately repents and becomes a model of generosity and kindness: he meets the solicitors from the day before and makes a generous donation, visits Fred and accepts his earlier invitation to Christmas dinner, anonymously sends Bob Cratchit a giant turkey and later gives him a raise, and becomes like ""a second father"" to Tiny Tim (providing him the medical care he needed to live). As the final narration states, ""Some people laughed to see the alteration in him, but he let them laugh, and little heeded them; for"
"of Nobby, the Sister Kenny Memorial House contains many artefacts from Kenny's life, a collection of documents from her private correspondence, papers and newspaper clippings. In Toowoomba, the Sister Elizabeth Kenny Memorial Fund provides scholarships to students attending the University of Southern Queensland who will dedicate themselves to work in rural and remote areas of Australia. In Townsville, her life was commemorated in 1949 by the unveiling of the Sister Kenny Memorial and Children's Playground. Sister Kenny is referenced in the TV movie ""An American Christmas Carol"", in which the Tiny Tim character, Jonathan, would be sent for treatment for"
"delights Fred by attending his dinner party and dancing with the other guests. The next day, December 26, Scrooge plays a practical joke on Cratchit, pretending he is about to sack him for being late, but instead offers him a raise and a hand in helping his family. The narrator recounts that Ebenezer Scrooge became ""as good a man as the old city ever knew"", and a second father to Tiny Tim, who recovered from his illness and learned to walk on his right leg without a crutch. Scrooge carries Tiny Tim on his shoulder off into the distance as"
"Christmas Carol"" opens on a bleak, cold Christmas Eve in London, seven years after the death of Ebenezer Scrooge's business partner, Jacob Marley. Scrooge, an ageing miser, dislikes Christmas and refuses a dinner invitation from his nephew Fred—the son of Fan, Scrooge's dead sister. He turns away two men who seek a donation from him to provide food and heating for the poor, and only grudgingly allows his overworked, underpaid clerk, Bob Cratchit, Christmas Day off with pay to conform to the social custom. That night Scrooge is visited at home by Marley's ghost, who wanders the Earth entwined by"
"with their small dinner. Scrooge takes pity on Bob's ill son Tiny Tim (Mortie Mouse). The Ghost remarks ""If present shadows remain unchanged, I see an empty chair where Tiny Tim once sat"", then disappears. Smoke fills the streets, revealing the Ghost of Christmas Future, who appears as a silent, cloaked figure; the Ghost takes Scrooge to a future cemetery, where Scrooge is shocked to see Bob and his wife (Minnie Mouse) mourning Tiny Tim's grave. He then overhears two weasel gravediggers who are amused that no one attended the funeral of the man whose grave they are digging. After"
"""Dash away"", and Magee's final clearance is ""Dash away all"" from the poem ""A Visit from St. Nicholas"" (""Dash away, dash away, dash away all""). Timmy Terwelp himself is named in honor of Tiny Tim, a character from Charles Dickens' classic ""A Christmas Carol"". Others are related to Disney itself. ""Mickey's Christmas Carol"" is shown on the television of Lanny and Wayne's assigned house. Although Timmy's residence appears to be in the Ohio Valley region of the United States, the latitude and longitude given for his house (N 34' 9' 20"" / W 118' 19' 23"") are of The Walt"
"the piano, and Bing and Bowie chat about their musical tastes before singing a duet of ""Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy"". Kathyrn chats with Mrs. Bridges in the kitchen as the children continue looking for written proof of their relation to Sir Percy. Meanwhile, in the library, Bing is surprised to encounter the house's former owner, Charles Dickens, played by Ron Moody. They are soon joined by Twiggy, who comments on Dickens' wide array of memorable characters and several of Dickens' heroes and villains including Ebenezer Scrooge and Tiny Tim (from ""A Christmas Carol""), Fagin and The Artful Dodger (from"
"Carol""). Meanwhile, Scrooge and his clerk Bob Cratchit are visited by Scrooge's nephew Harry, who in contrast to his uncle, is excited for Christmas and deplores how he is making Cratchit still work at 7pm on Christmas Eve. Scrooge asks him to leave. After work, Bob Cratchit, his disabled son Tiny Tim and his daughter Kathy go Christmas shopping on the streets of London (""Christmas Children""). Later, Scrooge walks around London, demanding the money that is owed to him by the businesspeople of London, and we learn of Scrooge's negative reputation throughout the people of London, especially soup caterer Tom"
"in which Tiny Tim is actually seen lying dead. In the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come sequence Bob Cratchit grieves at Tim's bedside. The 1999 television film version also contains this scene. Maurice Evans appears briefly as a man harassed by Scrooge to pay his debts. Donald Calthrop portrays a Bob Cratchit who bears an uncanny physical resemblance to John Leech's illustrations of the character in the original 1843 edition of the novel. Two versions of this film exist; each has a differently designed opening credits sequence (a book and a metal plate), and one of the two versions"
"""Dolly, Polly & Molly,"" while a lone niece attributed to Mickey appears in the cartoon ""Gulliver Mickey"" (1934) named ""Maisie"" (listed in ""Mickey Mouse: His Life and Times"" (Harper & Row, 1986)). The only possible film appearance of any niece is in 1983's ""Mickey's Christmas Carol,"" where Mickey Mouse, as Bob Cratchit, has a daughter. In this film Morty & Ferdie are said to have played Cratchit's two sons (including one as Tiny Tim), and since Melody seems to be the most consistent name used for any niece attributed to Minnie, it is probable that it was Melody who played"
"comments that Tiny Tim might not survive until next Christmas unless the course of events changes. Before the spirit vanishes, Scrooge is warned that life is too short and to do as much as he can in what little time he has. Left alone in the street, Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, a silent, cloaked figure who takes him into the future. Scrooge and the spirit witness Tom and the other citizens rejoicing at the death of Scrooge. The spirit transports Scrooge to Bob's house, where he discovers that Tiny Tim had died. The"
"The Story of Santa Claus The Story of Santa Claus is a 1996 animated television special directed by Toby Bluth. It features the voices of Ed Asner, Betty White, and Tim Curry. The special presents an origin story for Santa Claus, who is depicted as a man named Nicholas Claus who wishes to give every child in the world a gift for Christmas. The elves of the North Pole become obligated to grant his wish, facing great obstacles. The story opens in ""Europe, a long time ago"". Nicholas Claus, nicknamed ""Santa"" by his wife Gretchen, is a toymaker who wishes"
"by his ten children, who are led in, on a string, by Cupid (who is dressed like a London apprentice, with his wings at his shoulders). The ""Sons and Daughters"" of Christmas are Carol, Misrule, Gambol, Offering, Wassail, Mumming, New-Year's-Gift, Post and Pair, and even Minced-Pie and Baby-Cake. Each has his or her own fantastic get-up. Carol, for instance, wears a tawny coat and a red cap, and has a flute in his belt. Mince-Pie is attired ""like a fine cook's wife, drest neat,"" while Gambol is dressed ""like a tumbler, with a hoop and bells."" Each of the ten"
"narrates a poetic fable with the intentions of educating them in the true nature of the holidays. The tale details the life of an outrageously overindulged, bratty 5-year old little boy named Jeremy Creek, spoiled ridiculously by his mild and intimidated parents, flinging himself into destructive, earsplitting, and violent temper tantrums when his requests are not met. After his parents have decided to stand their ground by refusing to dote on their child any longer, an infuriated Jeremy, recalling the upcoming Christmas season, decides to devise a humongously lengthy and demanding wish list consisting of all the presents that he"
"student at The McCallie School, and when his family moved to Seattle he completed his three remaining years at Lakeside School. Northup became interested in both performing and video production at a young age. He starred as Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol while in Lake Charles, and later starred as Motel Kamzoil in Fiddler on the Roof at Lakeside School. It was at Lakeside where Northup also began making short films. After graduating from Lakeside School in 1991, he enrolled at New York University in the Tisch School of the Arts, where he studied Film and Television Production and"
"her. Finally, the spirit shows him a Christmas Eve several years later, in which Belle is happily married to another man. Scrooge is then visited by the Ghost of Christmas Present, who shows him the whole of London celebrating Christmas, including Fred and the impoverished Cratchit family. Scrooge is both bewildered and touched by the loving and pure-hearted nature of Cratchit's youngest son, Tiny Tim. When Scrooge shows concern for the sickly boy's health, the spirit informs him that the boy will die unless something changes, a revelation that deeply disturbs Scrooge. The spirit then uses Scrooge's earlier words about"