Fred comes to visit scrooge at work. He invites his uncle to Christmas dinner. Scrooge is frustrated, and refuses.
Scrooge comes home, and gets a visit from the ghost of his business partner, Jacob Marley. Marley warns Scrooge of the spirits that will come.
At night, the first spirit comes to Scrooge. The spirit, also known as Christmas Past, comes to show him the events of the past.
In the first shadow of the past, Scrooge is taken to the boarding school he went to as a young boy. His sister, Fan, comes to take him home for Christmas, so he does not have to be alone in the school.
Christmas Past then takes Scrooge to his old work, where his boss, Fezziwig, hosts a grand Christmas Eve party. for the town.
Past takes Scrooge to one last scene. This scene is much more sad to Scrooge, in which Scrooge's wife splits up with him.