Lilo & Stitch's Christmas Carol
Characters:
Ebenezer Scrooge – Dr. Jacques Von Hamsterviel
Ghost of Christmas Past – Nani
Fezziwig – Stitch
Bell - Angel
Chapter 3: The Ghost of Christmas Past
Scrooge woke up in his room. He heard the clock chime one and then his bed curtains were drawn back. Standing there was a young woman wearing a white tunic decorated with Christmas flowers. It carried a sprig of holly in one hand. On its back it carried a large cap, like a candle cap. The strangest thing about it was that a light like a flame hovered over its head. "Who are you?" asked Scrooge. "I am the Ghost of Christmas Past," replied the spirit. "All past Christmases?" said Scrooge, expecting the Ghost to be much older-looking. "No, your past Christmases." Scrooge was interested in the cap the Spirit carried. "Why are you not wearing that?" "Actually, I have been wearing that cap for a long time and have just taken it off tonight. This flame is the joy of your past, which you have kept smothered. Come with me, Scrooge."
She led Scrooge to the window. "Wait! I'm flesh and blood. I'll fall." "All I have to do is touch you here," said the Ghost touching Scrooge's heart. "And you will not fall anywhere." It opened the window and flew out while holding Scrooge's hand. Scrooge had the feeling that as they flew through the city; they were also flying through time. They soon arrived at a busy street. They crossed the street and went to a warehouse on the other side. The sign said "Fezziwig's." "Do you know this place?" asked the Ghost. "Know it? Why, I was apprenticed here," said Scrooge looking into the window. There was a Christmas party going on inside. A little man was sitting on a high desk and playing the fiddle. "Why it's old Fezziwg! Alive again!" cried Scrooge. "These are shades of the past. They cannot see or hear us," said the Ghost. Scrooge looked into the corner and saw himself in his youth. Then a young woman walked over to young Scrooge. "Hello Ebinezer," she said. "Oh! Hello Bell, Merry Christmas!" said Scrooge's younger self. "Aren't you going to dance with somebody?" asked Bell. "Everybody has a partner," said young Scrooge. "Then dance with me,' said Bell. She grabbed young Scrooge's hand and dragged him onto the dance floor. "Such merriment," said the Ghost. "Yet it only cost a few pounds." "Fezziwig had the power to make us happy or unhappy, so this happiness costs as much as a fortune," said Scrooge. "So why don't you do that?" asked the Ghost. Scrooge was at a lost for words. "Let us see another Christmas," said the Ghost of Christmas Past. The world blurred and turned into a small room. Scrooge's younger self was older and was starting to show signs of greed. Bell was sitting on a bench with him.
"My love does not matter to you anymore," sighed Bell. "For another has replaced it." "What love has replaced you?" asked Scrooge's younger self. "Money, it is all you care about now." "But in this world, we must work hard to keep ourselves out of poverty." "Once poverty didn't mean anything to you," said Bell. "You promised to marry me when we both became rich. Only you are rich now, so now I release you of that promise." "Did I ask for freedom?" "Not in words, but in your actions," said Bell. "The Ebinezer I loved is gone. So for the sake of the Ebinezer I loved, I release you of your promise. Goodbye Ebinezer." Bell got up and walked out of the room and Scrooge's younger self made no attempt to stop her.
"Spirit, please stop," cried Scrooge. "These are shades of the past," said the Ghost of Christmas Past. "They can't be altered." "Take me away? I cannot bear it! Take me back! Stop haunting me!" In his desperation to make the images stop, Scrooge grabbed the cap and rammed it onto the Ghost's head to put out the light and make it go away. But the light shown from underneath the cap. Scrooge pressed the cap down all the way to the floor. The Ghost was completely underneath the cap but the light still showed from underneath. Scrooge gave one last squeeze and the cap and light disappeared. He was back in his own bed. He collapsed and fell asleep, completely exhausted.