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The Cratchit family has been described as "impoverished, hardworking, and warmhearted". [1] 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.
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.
Miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is a harsh master to his clerk, Bob Cratchit. Uncaring and unfeeling, Scrooge lives a cold and solitary life mocking those who celebrate Christmas, including his nephew, Fred.
Scrooge is then shown the Cratchit home. Despite wearing a cheery manner for his family's sake, Bob is deeply troubled by the loss of his job, though he confides in no one except his daughter Martha. The spirit hints that Bob's youngest son, Tim, will die of a crippling illness by the same time next year if things do not change.
In 2004, the production was adapted for television and produced by Hallmark Entertainment for NBC.It was directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman and features Kelsey Grammer as Ebenezer Scrooge, Jason Alexander as Jacob Marley, Jane Krakowski as the Ghost of Christmas Past, Jesse L. Martin as the Ghost of Christmas Present, Geraldine Chaplin as the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Be, and Jennifer Love ...
Rebecca Gethings as Ethel Cratchit, Bob's wife who dislikes Scrooge. Rupert Turnbull as Tiny Tim, Bob and Ethel's son. Oliver Jenkins as Tiny Tim's singing voice. Devon Pomeroy as Kathy Cratchit, Bob and Ethel's daughter who likes to do Christmas caroling. Sheena Bhattessa as Hela Huffman, Harry's wife and Scrooge's niece-in-law.