Ghost of Christmas Present

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proper noun A fictional ghost, who is a character of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, and is giant, wears a green robe and visits Ebenezer Scrooge accompanied by a great feast in order to show him events of the current Christmas.

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Glyn Dearman plays Tiny Tim, the little crippled boy who says this line when the Cratchit family is eating dinner, and is saying grace for the meager meal they are able to afford while Scrooge watches the scene with the Ghost of Christmas Present.

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As the Elder Scrooge, Carrey uses the Queen's English; as the Ghost of Christmas Past he puts on a very light Irish accent; and the Ghost of Christmas Present possesses a Yorkshire accent.

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Then the Ghost of Christmas Present shows up, and we're no longer seeing a thinly disguised Carrey.

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Dickens captured this in A Christmas Carol when Scrooge is shown the Cratchits’ meagre feast by the Ghost of Christmas Present.

John Rentoul today puts Trevor Kavanagh and myself in the... 2007
The primary actors are Will Krakower as Ebenezer Scrooge, Austin Turner as Jacob Marley, Allison Canning as the Ghost of Christmas Past, Andy Feliz as the Ghost of Christmas Present, Elisa Feliz as the Ghost of Christmas Future and Wes Frisby as Bob Cratchit.

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