This film is about and old miser named Ebeneezer Scrooge owns a business which he used to share with his business partner Jacob Marley, who is now dead. One day, his nephew Fred pays a visit to his Uncle, who tells Fred that Christmas is Humbug.
In his sleep that same night (on Christmas Eve) is visited by the Ghosts of Jacob Marley, Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Future.

This piece represents the 19th Century well because at one point in the film, S is asked to give a donation to charity but refuses. This shows the selfishness and greed of the wealthy in Victorian London. Also, in the film, two children called Ignorance and Want represent the poor and the homeless. Scrooge thinks that it is none of his responsibility to look after children, however the Ghost of Christmas Present says that "the children are the responsibility of all mankind".  
 

An unknown blurry figure in white standing in one place making large gestures is the star of the first film shot in the United States.

On Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by a series of ghosts, starting with his old business partner, Jacob Marley. The three spirits which follow, the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come, show Scrooge how his mean behavior has affected those around him. At the end of the story he is relieved to discover that there is still time for him to change and we see him transformed into a generous and kind-hearted human being.

A mean-spirited, miserly old man named Ebenezer Scrooge sits in his counting-house on a frigid Christmas Eve. His clerk, Bob Cratchit, shivers in the anteroom because Scrooge refuses to spend money on heating coals for a fire. Scrooge's nephew, Fred, pays his uncle a visit and invites him to his annual Christmas party. Two portly gentlemen also drop by and ask Scrooge for a contribution to their charity. Scrooge reacts to the holiday visitors with bitterness and venom, spitting out an angry "Bah! Humbug!" in response to his nephew's "Merry Christmas!