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Seven members are mentioned in the original story, five of whom are named: [1] Mrs. Cratchit, Bob Cratchit's wife, [1] who is named "Emily" in some adaptations. Martha Cratchit, [1] the eldest daughter, who works as an apprentice at a milliners, on the morning of Christmas Day. Belinda Cratchit, [1] the second daughter.
Bob endures Scrooge's mistreatment until Scrooge, reformed by the visit of the three spirits, raises Bob's salary and vows to help his struggling family. The Cratchit family consists of Bob's wife, eldest daughter Martha, daughter Belinda, son Peter, two younger children: boy and girl, and Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol.
Tiny Tim is the young, ailing son of Bob Cratchit, Ebenezer Scrooge’s underpaid clerk. When Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Present he is shown just how ill the boy really is (the family cannot afford to properly treat him on the salary Scrooge pays Cratchit).
Marley is immediately returned to his grave to rest eternally, and Tim's grave vanishes as Scrooge is transported back to the present Christmas Day, at a point before Cratchit has announced his resignation. Taking a bag of gravel, Scrooge runs to the pond behind the Cratchit's house, scattering the gravel on the ice to prevent Tim's death.
He meets the two men from the previous day and makes a generous donation, then anonymously sends Cratchit a Christmas turkey. He later visits Cratchit to give him a raise in pay and help nurse Tiny Tim back to health, and shares Christmas together with them ("The Lord's Bright Blessing (Reprise)"). The musical concludes and the audience applauds.
"A Jolly Good Time" — Charity Men, Smythe Family, Businessmen, Wives and Children "Nothing To Do With Me" — Scrooge and Cratchit; Scene 2: The Street "You Mean More to Me" – Cratchit and Tiny Tim "Street Song (Nothing To Do With Me)" — People of London, Scrooge, Fred, Jonathon, Sandwichboard Man, Lamplighter, Blind Hag and Grace Smythe
That order is determined first and foremost by position in the royal family tree. From the late 17th century until 2015, “next in line” after the monarch was the monarch’s eldest son, then ...
The musical opens with the company singing a Christmas carol medley as the city of London begins to reminisce over the coming of Christmas ("Sing A Christmas 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 Scrooge is keeping Cratchit working at 7pm on Chris