The Man Who Invented Christmas

00:32:58,215 --> 00:33:00,001 "Workhouse." Useful. 652 00:33:03,595 --> 00:33:04,881 "Christmas." 653 00:33:07,891 --> 00:33:09,222 "Christmas"? 654 00:33:10,561 --> 00:33:11,722 That's right. 655 00:33:16,024 --> 00:33:18,607 MRS. FISK: Help! Help! Get it away! 656 00:33:18,694 --> 00:33:20,945 [HOUSEMAIDS WHIMPERING] [GROANS IN FRUSTRATION] 657 00:33:21,029 --> 00:33:22,360 God! 658 00:33:22,739 --> 00:33:23,948 What is going on? [MRS. FISK SCREAMS] 659 00:33:24,032 --> 00:33:25,648 Get it away, the filthy thing. 660 00:33:25,742 --> 00:33:26,868 [CROW CAWING] Come on, Grip, old chap. 661 00:33:26,952 --> 00:33:28,113 Back in the cage. 662 00:33:28,203 --> 00:33:29,945 Father? Ah. 663 00:33:30,039 --> 00:33:32,041 Charles. Good day. What are you doing here? 664 00:33:32,125 --> 00:33:33,792 Well, we were in the neighborhood, 665 00:33:33,876 --> 00:33:35,617 and we thought we'd drop by 666 00:33:35,712 --> 00:33:36,837 with a present for the children. 667 00:33:36,921 --> 00:33:38,912 His name is Grip. He talks! 668 00:33:39,173 --> 00:33:40,208 Can we keep him? 669 00:33:40,300 --> 00:33:41,383 GRIP: 'Ello, old girl. 670 00:33:41,467 --> 00:33:42,676 It's bad luck, a bird in the house. 671 00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:44,000 It means death. 672 00:33:44,095 --> 00:33:45,631 GRIP: 'Allo! Father, in here. 673 00:33:45,722 --> 00:33:48,009 [GRIP CAWING] Of course. 674 00:33:50,476 --> 00:33:51,511 Charles? 675 00:33:52,604 --> 00:33:53,639 Charles? 676 00:33:53,730 --> 00:33:55,846 What are you doing back in London? 677 00:33:55,982 --> 00:33:57,188 [CHUCKLES] 678 00:33:57,859 --> 00:33:59,020 My dear Charles. 679 00:33:59,110 --> 00:34:01,445 I will not disguise from you that this is not the ardor 680 00:34:01,529 --> 00:34:03,113 with which a loving father might be expected... 681 00:34:03,197 --> 00:34:05,063 You are supposed to be in Devon. 682 00:34:05,158 --> 00:34:07,445 [SCOFFS] Banishment! 683 00:34:07,535 --> 00:34:10,323 Be merciful, say "death," 684 00:34:10,622 --> 00:34:13,489 for exile has more terror in its look. 685 00:34:14,375 --> 00:34:17,242 Father, we had an agreement. 686 00:34:18,838 --> 00:34:20,375 I bought you a house. 687 00:34:21,008 --> 00:34:22,669 I gave you an allowance. 688 00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:25,718 For which I am very grateful. 689 00:34:26,138 --> 00:34:28,721 As for me, I'm happy wherever the weather. 690 00:34:28,807 --> 00:34:32,175 But your mother is of a more delicate sensibility. 691 00:34:34,063 --> 00:34:37,021 Charles, the mere sight of cows 692 00:34:37,107 --> 00:34:39,599 causes her actual physical pain. 693 00:34:40,653 --> 00:34:42,064 Father... 694 00:34:42,404 --> 00:34:45,487 And I have research to do in the London Library. 695 00:34:48,118 --> 00:34:49,608 "Research"? Yeah. 696 00:34:51,330 --> 00:34:52,661 Yeah. 697 00:34:52,915 --> 00:34:54,815 I have a commission from <i>The Spectator</i> 698 00:34:55,626 --> 00:34:58,084 to write a feature on the Bank Charter Act. 699 00:34:59,546 --> 00:35:01,332 The editor was very impressed 700 00:35:01,423 --> 00:35:04,085 with my series on Marine Insurance. 701 00:35:04,385 --> 00:35:05,591 Good for you, Father. 702 00:35:06,053 --> 00:35:08,638 I do hope that you and Mother will stay here with us. 703 00:35:08,722 --> 00:35:10,057 The children and I will so enjoy 704 00:35:10,141 --> 00:35:12,223 having some company in the evenings. 705 00:35:19,609 --> 00:35:21,566 <i>The Spectator.</i> Well, that's, um... 706 00:35:22,487 --> 00:35:24,854 That's most impressive. Hmm. 707 00:35:26,366 --> 00:35:29,028 [CHUCKLES] Thank you, dear boy. 708 00:35:29,619 --> 00:35:33,283 Oh, by the way, you couldn't lend me a tenner, could you? 709 00:35:33,373 --> 00:35:36,115 That blighter took my last farthing for the cage. 710 00:35:36,209 --> 00:35:37,620 [CRASHING] Huh? 711 00:35:38,378 --> 00:35:39,493 [CHARLES SIGHS] 712 00:35:42,716 --> 00:35:44,666 It was the bird, sir. It flew upstairs. 713 00:35:44,843 --> 00:35:46,379 Oh. Um... 714 00:35:46,720 --> 00:35:48,711 I'll see that it's all cleared up. 715 00:35:48,805 --> 00:35:50,136 [SIGHS] [GRIP CAWING] 716 00:35:50,223 --> 00:35:52,635 Please, can we keep him? Well, I... 717 00:35:53,101 --> 00:35:54,216 Um... 718 00:35:56,771 --> 00:35:58,728 [LAUGHS] Come on, Walter. 719 00:36:01,652 --> 00:36:03,359 [SIGHS] 720 00:36:03,612 --> 00:36:07,526 "This is not the ardor with which a loving father..." 721 00:36:07,616 --> 00:36:08,856 [SIGHS] 722 00:36:10,995 --> 00:36:12,030 SCROOGE: Humbug! 723 00:36:13,247 --> 00:36:14,362 What is? 724 00:36:14,457 --> 00:36:16,368 Christmas. Huh. 725 00:36:18,627 --> 00:36:19,617 What about it? 726 00:36:19,712 --> 00:36:21,794 Well, what is it, but an excuse 727 00:36:21,881 --> 00:36:23,292 for picking