Who was the real Ebenezer Scrooge?

[@sabrinanascimento5248]

The Christmas Carol is my favorite Christmas story. I watch it every year.

[@shirleylaboy603]

A Christmas Carol is one of my favorite Christmas stories. I've watched every one of them more than once over the years. Lol. The history behind it is very interesting. Thank you, Robert. 🙂❤️

[@malina1239]

I’m on a a Christmas carol binge this year😂 I have watched two different black and white , two different cartoons , two American ones and heard two different radio dramas😅 Still going to watch more of them …

[@leeyaferguson9019]

❤💗💕❣. Merry Christmas. 🎅🤶🧑‍🎄

[@2FRESH-4U]

A muppet Christmas carol and scrooged are my favorites

[@vjc2270]

Fascinating - I had no idea about the Scottish inspiration for A Christmas Carol! Poor Ebenezer Scrogge - he certainly didn’t merit his name becoming a by-word for penny-pinching. 😮😂 Thanks 🙏👍

[@ElmoUnk1953]

The Disney Character Scrooge McDuck makes sense now.

[@barryallenflash1]

Isn't it funny how his name became associated with being stingy just from this novel/movie.

[@elfpimp1]

A Christmas Carol will forever remain my favorite read. Even at 57, the 5th stanza still makes me swell up and cry just a little bit. I guess it's just me hoping that I can be redeemed at the end of my years..

[@matthewporter1107]

I like the Muppets version too, light the lamp not the rat! Lol

[@gregakablackie]

"A Christmas Carol" is my favorite as well. As far as the Movies, I'm partial to the 1984 TV Movie with George C. Scott, Edward Woodward, Michael Gough, and Roger Rees.

[@zyxw2000]

You would be pleased to know that it's on KZbin, if you don't have a copy.

[@dianebusby7047]

And don't forget Frank Finlay as Marley - wow!

[@alicegamble6145]

You really make history interesting & seeing the historical places is wonderful. Thanks for sharing your beautiful city with us.

[@lindaarmstrongjackman9788]

It is a great story. Last year I read. a 101 year-old copy of “A Christmas Carol”. It was thrilling to think of this book being in such good shape after so long and the story is still so popular. Thank you for telling us about Mr. Scrogge. 😊👍

[@bobuncle8704]

This is one of my absolute favourites. Second only to It’s a Wonderful Life. You really make history come alive. I’m so thankful to Graeme for introducing you to me. I so enjoy your offerings. Thank you

[@stephenoran2019]

Oh, man! Possibly the best one yet! A Christmas Carol is one of my favorite stories ever. I can't think of a version I don't like. Thank goodness Charles Dickens mis-read the stone. Thanks for this!

[@craig9802]

I've never been the greatest Dickens fan, after being forced to read Great Expectations in 9th grade. But I do love this story, and all the cinematic and stage productions I've seen over the years. Loved your presentation, and as a bonus I get to use "death furniture" in a sentence from now on. :)

[@christineheminger7762]

I agree with you. I haven’t liked any other work by Dickens( although I’ve only tried three or four-not all), but with A Christmas Carol, I like every version I’ve seen so far.

[@ianmedford4855]

A Christmas Carol is in a class all by itself. Its virtually perfect

[@RyanofAndor]

I had to read it in 9th grade as well and thoroughly enjoyed it. However I read the stories in the text book that weren't assigned also.

[@dubuyajay9964]

Yeah, guy needed to learn to use quotation marks. :-/

[@ThaiThom]

To know Dickens is to know English.

[@Zedxrgal313]

Muppets version is hands down the best version! "Come in & know me better man!"

[@bawsack69]

Nah, Bill Murray version

[@robertamity3563]

Scrooge you ! :-) I 👍liked it🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ! 👍😎🇺🇸 ! Hehehe 😜 Merry Christmas 🎄?

[@gloriabailey6170]

Love this hope you be making more

[@nenaelliott8058]

I love the stories you choose to share with us. I especially enjoyed this bit of history because I've always enjoyed "Scrooge" and all the different versions there are to watch. When I was young there were no Muppets though... So the ghost of c Christmas Future was horribly scary. 😂

[@helpinyerdasellavon]

Another fascinating story. Love to see Edinburgh so colourful. Thank you for sharing, Robert.

[@GhostK-cx9fq]

So it just goes to show that scrooge is a figment of an under done price of beef,or under cooked potatoe,thank you Charles

[@theresareynolds3133]

My dad's family is from Glasgow, my dad and his 5 brothers were first generation to be born in the USA, they came here in the late 1930's. My two versions of A Christmas Carol are with George C Scott and Jim Carrey.

[@skyedancer3106]

Hi Robert what a story. I had no idea about all of that. Thanks for sharing it. I loved this video. Take care and stay safe till next time. ❤

[@peggycrain532]

I love it!! Altho George C Scott was great and I loved Henry Winkler as the American Scrooge, my fave is the original Muppet Xmas Carol (newer versions do not have the fiancée’s breakup song, the love is gone).

[@mschoy1597]

Yay! You passed 30,000 subscribers! 😁😁🤩😘😘😘😍🥰🥰

[@salchipapa5843]

Another great video. Thanks for all you do.

[@Raineyluwho]

This was a fastenating story! I had never heard the origin story of Scrooge. It was very compelling! Thanks for your wonderful videos! 💜

[@davidcreager1945]

I love the Alistair Simms version the best as it's the closest to the book . The Muppets is second. Great video ! Have a great day !

[@Emma-Jayne]

Albert Finney’s version is my favourite! Reminds me of when I was a kid! Brilliant to know there was inspiration behind Dickens stories and where the inspiration lies (pun intended) Edinburgh just look’s glorious and I cannot wait to visit ❤

[@scotlandunplugged]

The Albert Finney version scared the life out of me as a kid 🐄

[@Emma-Jayne]

@@scotlandunplugged 😂 aww, wee lad! Although that pea soup did look toxic 🤣🤣🤣. Kidding, the reaper was enough to make you think very seriously about being mean, or any kind of negative! I love the ghost of Christmas past on scrooged with bill Murray though. She is epic smacking him about 😂😂😂. Thats what I love about your videos though, how history links right up to the present day. Kids doing history as a gcse should be watching you, the extraordinary information and lay out of it would be fantastic for both gcse and college. Had I known while doing my college to watch these, I wouldn’t have felt broken by the end 😂🤣

[@mpol701]

Yes fantastic musical numbers in that version

[@Emma-Jayne]

@@mpol701 exactly! Father Christmas being my favourite tune too 😊

[@mpol701]

@@Emma-Jayne so many great songs, watched already last week, now on miracle on 34th street 1940s version colour one, excellent film

[@Woodlily617]

Definitely do not take down your early posts. All of your videos are interesting. The newer videos may look better to you but the content and the passion of how you tell things is fantastic the rest is simply cosmetic

[@jodifinnegan4453]

I agree! I watch the videos over and over again. I love a good story and he certainly has a gift for story telling!!

[@philcollinson328]

Charles Deckins ....As a Geordie it makes me smile ....A Christmas Carol is my favourite Christmas story too ...

[@lechatbotte.]

Excellent

[@haggielady]

Good one! Another one I didn't know the history behind. Thank you very much.

[@lindawall6504]

I so love the Storyteller you are! The fact that you throw history in doesn't hurt at all. Thank You! I had no idea the Scottish tie to that story.

[@camerongibson6342]

Great one Robbie, thanks for the information about the Christmas carol story

[@monicagrant6092]

Another amazing story and a piece of history. Wonderful Robert! Loved EDINBURGH.

[@monicab204]

Wonderful telling of the back story/ history on A Christmas Carol!❤

[@saraross8396]

My two favorite versions are the Patrick Stewart one and The Muppet Christmas Carol. Alongside Caine's performance, perhaps my favorite thing about the Muppets version is the accuracy and how they inserted lines from the book in the songs.

[@Sh4peofmyheart]

Watched A Christmas Carol, for the first time, when I was about the same age as your wee ones. The original (The Muppets version came out a bit later) gave me chills, as a child, but it's still one of my favorites, today. I may not have seen EVERY version put to film, but I am gaining on it. Very much enjoyed hearing how this classic story was born. Happy Christmas to you and your family, in case I forget to say it later.

[@scotlandunplugged]

Merry Christmas!

[@sharonm3677]

Absolutely wonderful. Such a world famous story, I had no idea how it came to be! I love it. ❤❤

[@LandonCahow]

The Muppets Christmas Carol is a classic to be sure, it's fascinating to learn how this story came about and to consider how many versions there are of it's retelling in film. Great stories never die. Thank you for sharing!

[@midgetuley4262]

Scrooge is one of my favorite stories also! Thank you for the history lesson on the origin of it! It was fantastic, and you always make it so interesting!❤

[@kayhansen1674]

I truly loved this video. Informative, fun and enjoyable. Love your videos

[@kathleenmuller306]

What a cool story! I really liked the part of how the family gave the money for Capt Cooks ship, sense I grew up in Hawai'i!

[@bobblowhard8823]

Thank you, mate, for the wonderful video and the insight. I like the Patrick Stewart version, myself. However, my favorite version will always be the 1951 movie with Alistair Sim. Also, there is a movie about Charles Dickens writing "A Christmas Carol" called "The Man Who Invented Christmas". Highly recommended.

[@kathleenharvey5538]

Absolutely love to see Scotland through your eyes as a “hometown boy”. Hope I can visit again someday!

[@locoHAWAIIANkane]

My all time favorite Christmas story. I personally love the George C. Scott movie. I’ve never seen the Patrick Stewart version though. Think I’m gonna look for it now.

[@lorrieholsten2521]

I have this book on my book shelf, I read it to remind myself, life is not about being rich in money, it's about being rich in family and love! One of my favorites! ❤😊

[@StevenKirk1701]

Well done! A Christmas Carol is my favorite Christmas story, and I love every version. Your history lesson is the star on top of my Dickens tree! Thanks, Robert!

[@SherryStclair-o5q]

❤ my favorite Christmas movie ever. Just not Christmas without seeing as many versions as I can. Love hearing the history. Thanks!

[@kimfleury]

Don't ever stop the Dad Jokes! You make me miss my own dear Dad who died a couple years ago at age 82. He was witty like you. Your kids are blessed ❤ I wish you a Blessed Advent 🕯️ and a Happy Christmas 🎄🎁

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you! You too!

[@elainewoodard2970]

Have a Happy Christmas and New Year!! I enjoy your KZbin videos very much .

[@scotlandunplugged]

Thank you. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year when it comes!

[@bethotoole6569]

'Spirited' the musical is a pretty good version as well. I so enjoy the gloom!!!

[@spritals]

So…when can we get the audible of you reading the original?! We would love to hear that version! Favourite movie version is the 1951 with Alistair Sims. My dad pantomimed to the Barrymore album version every year for Xmas before he passed several years ago. Now, every year, my mother, sister and I get on the phone and one of us plays it on speaker and we all listen and think of dad. It is my most favourite bit of Xmas.

[@thesmilingtouristguide4931]

Thank you! Dickens's Christmas Carol is my favourite story for the season. My favourite film version features the great actor Alastair Sim. Thank you! Merry Christmas!

[@markadams7597]

Great review, thanks. I like seeing the scenes around Edinburg. Albert Finney is the best Scrooge ever!! How about a review of Clement Moore's 1823 poem?

[@llchapman1234]

I like when video creators leave their early videos up for viewing. Everyone starts somewhere. Your viewers can go back and see your evolution. 😊

[@patriciamccormack7626Teashee]

Fantastic history of bygone story, Robert 👍🏆❤ You truly are a remarkable young man ❤ I'll be getting my🍿 out and watching that movie 🎥 again👍❤

[@sandramacglashan1088]

A Christmas Carol was one of my favourite Dickens films. Thanks for sharing your video.

[@susanboatman7913]

Charles Dickens was a great author. A Christmas Carol is my favorite Christmas book and Ive watched many of the movies and I watch them every Christmas along with finding new ones.

[@nawanamcgaha6065]

My favorite! I watch through out the whole years

[@charlesmugleston6144]

Well researched & presented - again ! the story also owes in subtle ways to The Tradition of Freemasonry - in part why Dickens became a Freeman of the City of dear Auld Reekie. Well done - keep serving up these priceless / tasty pots of porridge - nourishment for the soul.

[@egyptcat4301]

I love Charles Dickens and this story is one of my favorites!❤❤❤ The Muppet Christmas Carol is the best, imo.

[@RlsIII-uz1kl]

Scrooged the dark comedy with Bill Murray is great!

[@tygrahof9268]

LOVE how this kind of inspiration jumps into my mind as I write! Hope something I write will win humans a place worthy of their time to read as much as his!!

[@terenceetullyjr]

First time viewing one of your videos….most excellent. You just picked up a new subscriber!

[@hayesjulie]

Thanks for this one. Hoping you and yours are God blessed this Christmas in remembering our Savior's birth. 🎉

[@Jyn58]

My favorite Christmas Carol is with Patrick Stewart. but I also like the movie that came out a couple years ago wrote about Charles Dixon, called The Man who Invented Christmas, staring Dan Steven's as Charles Dixon.

[@primitivedaisy]

Thank you! So informative, and loved the trip around Edinburgh. I’ve never been to your country, but would love to visit someday. I have two favorite versions of A Christmas Carol, one I watched when I was a child with Reginald Owen, made in 1938. And the newest version with Jim Carrey as Scrooge. Of course it’s animated, but it’s done so well! 😊🎄

[@suellenspencer-eb2nv]

Thank you for this great part of your wonderful history ❤❤❤ Beautiful buildings.

[@kellicos]

this is awesome! We visited Scotland last year and wish every day we could go back. This channel is great 😊 I love this history of one of my favorite stories.

[@PamArtsValentine]

This is awesome! One of my favorite stories of all time- And, I've directed this on stage about 19 times.

[@lisalove8332]

A CHRISTMAS CAROL IS MY ALL TIME FAVORITE!!! all versions

[@MidnyghtGamer4944]

I love the Muppet's version, but the Mickey one is good too. I love A Christmas Carol and every Christmas I will watch at least 5 different versions, although there are many more, I usually have about 3 I have to watch and then I rotate the other 2 with other versions from over the years. Thanks for sharing the history of how Scrooge came to be.

[@newwavepop]

A Christmas Carol is not one of my favorite Christmas stories, it is one of my favorite things in all of existence. i am neither wealthy or miserly but i identify A LOT with Scrooge, have always told people i am actually very nice but i AM NOT friendly. i think i may be a misanthrope and people irritate me and id rather avoid them. but at the same time i feel very deeply, i feel so much sympathy for people and i see some much pain and hurt in people around me that it makes me suffer. but i cant help and i dont want them near me and i just want to be left alone. but this story and Scrooge are an inspiration for me, they bring me hope and joy. Scrooge manages to get past his demons and he finds his way through the darkness to the other side. and i always hope that some day i will too.

[@sturmgewehr70]

As I’ve gotten older, “A Christmas Carol” has become my favorite Christmas movie…almost every variant.🎄🎅🏻🎄

[@Thomas-yr3id]

Just found this video, something REALLY fascinates me about Christmas ghost stories, there's something oddly comfy yet macabre thing

[@johnbroadway4196]

Alistair Sim is my Favorite Actor who played Ebenezer Scrooge. And Mr. Sim's is from Scotland.

[@herstoryswitness]

Great story and love the graveyard! Love the land of my ancestors.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇲

[@barryallenflash1]

Very interesting, a side of Dicken's I never knew. Thanks! I've seen almost every version of "Scrooge" aka Christmas Carol. I think my all time fav is the Alister Sim version. Not sure EXACTLY why..just something about this version. And like you, it's my FAVORITE Christmas movie. Then there's "Christmas Vacation" on the funny side of Christmas.

[@Px828]

To me, Alistair Simm is the definitive Scrooge. I watch that version every year.

[@splashenful]

Same.

[@Riftrender]

I prefer Muppets version.

[@stephaniehallman9749]

Very cool history!! Thanks for sharing.

[@racheljames7]

This was so interesting and scrumptious. "The Jean Luc Pickard version" made me laugh.

[@amandagreenhalgh1175]

I love this story!! I was lucky enough to actually visit this cemetery when I was in Scotland this year 😊

[@tonyknox7715]

I’m a massive Christmas tree hugger so this popped up on my KZbin feed. I wasn’t aware of your channel but I found this video fascinating, I’ve subscribed to your channel and look forward to watching more of your videos

[@jacktribble5253]

You have a very engaging way about you. Wonderful storytelling.

[@billpotmesil]

Way cool! Thank you! I like the old 1950’s version!

[@JudithMcPheron-pb9lv]

A great Dickens classic! ❤😂❤

[@wendykimbrell9337]

Merry Christmas to you and yours. Blessings always🎉🎉🎉 Thank you for your videos. I am grateful for what I have learned from each one of them.

[@jeanmulhall4358]

The story is great but, your Scottish brogue makes the story telling the best ever!

[@smrk2452]

Very interesting! Thank you and Merry Christmas 🎄

[@dianebusby7047]

A Christmas Carol is my favourite Dickens story.

[@jamesmiller-gf1dp]

A Christmas Carol is my top Christmas story. Favourite film version is the Albert Finney Musical one.

[@jared1870]

This was great, thank you. No one does videos better than the Scots.

[@Hullabaloo478]

Fascinating! Greet job

[@AQuietPerspective]

My favorite is with Albert Finney Thankya very much, that's nicest thing that anyone has done for me

[@kevincozby]

Very interesting! Thanks for the video!

[@queencioch160]

A great telling of lore. Loved it.

[@miketemple7686]

Wow! This guys Scottish brogue is the best! I’m talking like him in my mind and I sound so cool. Talk on my Scottish brother, talk on. 🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍

[@Boomhauer11x]

Fantastic video. A Christmas Carol is one of my favorite Christmas stories and I personally prefer the Patrick Stewart version myself however the George C. Scott version is a very close second.

[@betsybronstein1926]

Interestingly, Dickens’ images of a snowy Christmas came from his childhood experience during the few years when England experienced extreme cold and lots of snow. It was a climactic aberration, and made quite an impression on the young Dickens. So, he himself had come to associate snow with Christmas from those early years and passed it on to us!

[@DamonNomad82]

When I started researching my ancestry, I found out I had an ancestor named Ebenezer S. I was briefly excited until I found out his surname was "Smead", not "Scrooge", and he lived in the mid-1700s, a few generations before Dickens wrote "A Christmas Carol".

[@frankiemackenzie4120]

Thanks for this Xmas video loved it, and your wonderful accent....you could say anything and I would love it...(I know very shallow)but my Australian accent I bet you would love lol....Merry Xmas to all and to all a good night....Love and Peace to everyone in these uncertain times.

[@richardallen9376]

Enjoyed the video! There are several men literary historians have labeled the real Scrooge. You mentioned two. Poor Mr. Scogge got quite a bit of the blame, but I am sure Mr. Scrooge was really a composite character.There is one, however, not mentioned anywhere I can find, yet he has a real link with Dickens. He was also a Scott, originally from Aberdeen by way of India and finally London. He became quite famous, especially in death due to an over 15 year fight about his estate. His name and the legal fight became well known from the US, England, Scotland, Australia and India. He is buried in St Johns Wood, City of Westminster, Greater London, England. There is a memorial tablet on the chapel's wall. The few familiar with him today know him best as John Farquhar of Fonthill Abbey. He died in 1826. A struggling young unpublished author worked as a court reporter for several London newspapers. Charles Dickens was that reporter. While most of these men struggled in anonymity. Dickens would get soon get credit- a byline linking him to articles about the multiple court hearings The estate was worth well over 1.5 million pounds. I have reason to believe it was well over 2.5 million in 1826 pounds. Newspaper across the entire English speaking world would carry stories about the fight over the estate. Salacious details included a missing will, theft, forgery of documents. Two of his heirs, his nephews, would have their reputation and financial status destroyed. A niece and her husband would arrive from South Carolina. The case would be settled in England's highest court in the House of Lords. His American niece would be declared John's "Heir at Law". Those two nephews saw to it their deceased uncle was portrayed as an cheap eccentric miser who wore those shabby clothes. In his reporting of trial testimony, Dickens related Farquhar's housekeeper admitted stealing his bed curtains along with other possessions. Dickens became so absorbed by this trial, he would continue to attend hearings, including those final sessions in the House of Lords, not as trial reporter but as celebrity published author. John Farquhar, although a true eccentric who kept his great house dark and use coal piece by piece, would be revealed a man who loaned 10s of thousand of pounds to his nieces and nephews and never demanded be paid back. A man who contributed 100s of thousands of pounds to schools and school masters across Scotland to improve the state of education and the plight of the poor. I am sure old Farquhar made quite an impression on Charles.

[@windyloweryking1826]

Red doors on churches! I saw this for the first time in 2001 when I went to Pennsylvania. It's not done here in the south so it was so weird to see them.