Baker’s Dozen III

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Characters from Dickens’s A Christmas Carol

  1. Jacob Marley
  2. Bob Cratchit
  3. Timothy “Tiny Tim” Cratchit
  4. Little Fan, Scrooge’s younger sister

Dickens’s drafts show that he called one character “Little Larry”, “Small Sam” and “Puny Pete” before deciding on Tiny Tim. And I heard a good BBC podcast on his insisting on the 1st edition being expensively bound and illustrated, so that it sold for the equivalent of 26 GBP today and he didn’t make much money on it, especially after unauthorized cheap editions circulated.

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Characters from Dickens’s A Christmas Carol

  1. Jacob Marley
  2. Bob Cratchit
  3. Timothy “Tiny Tim” Cratchit
  4. Little Fan, Scrooge’s younger sister
  5. Ghost of Christmas past
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Characters from Dickens’s A Christmas Carol

  1. Jacob Marley
  2. Bob Cratchit
  3. Timothy “Tiny Tim” Cratchit
  4. Little Fan, Scrooge’s younger sister
  5. Ghost of Christmas past
  6. Bob Cratchit’s wife

Usually referred to only as 'Mrs. Cratchit’, some adaptations do specify her given name as ‘Emily’

-“BB”-

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Characters from Dickens’s A Christmas Carol

  1. Jacob Marley
  2. Bob Cratchit
  3. Timothy “Tiny Tim” Cratchit
  4. Little Fan, Scrooge’s younger sister
  5. Ghost of Christmas past
  6. Bob Cratchit’s wife
  7. Fezziwig, Scrooge’s boss
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Characters from Dickens’s A Christmas Carol

  1. Jacob Marley
  2. Bob Cratchit
  3. Timothy “Tiny Tim” Cratchit
  4. Little Fan, Scrooge’s younger sister
  5. Ghost of Christmas past
  6. Bob Cratchit’s wife
  7. Fezziwig, Scrooge’s boss
  8. Fred, Scrooge’s nephew and Fan’s son
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Characters from Dickens’s A Christmas Carol

  1. Jacob Marley
  2. Bob Cratchit
  3. Timothy “Tiny Tim” Cratchit
  4. Little Fan, Scrooge’s younger sister
  5. Ghost of Christmas past
  6. Bob Cratchit’s wife
  7. Fezziwig, Scrooge’s boss
  8. Fred, Scrooge’s nephew and Fan’s son
  9. Martha, Cratchit’s oldest daughter
387

Characters from Dickens’s A Christmas Carol

  1. Jacob Marley
  2. Bob Cratchit
  3. Timothy “Tiny Tim” Cratchit
  4. Little Fan, Scrooge’s younger sister
  5. Ghost of Christmas past
  6. Bob Cratchit’s wife
  7. Fezziwig, Scrooge’s boss
  8. Fred, Scrooge’s nephew and Fan’s son
  9. Martha, Cratchit’s oldest daughter
  10. The boy in the street who Scrooge asks to buy a prize turkey
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Characters from Dickens’s A Christmas Carol

  1. Jacob Marley
  2. Bob Cratchit
  3. Timothy “Tiny Tim” Cratchit
  4. Little Fan, Scrooge’s younger sister
  5. Ghost of Christmas past
  6. Bob Cratchit’s wife
  7. Fezziwig, Scrooge’s boss
  8. Fred, Scrooge’s nephew and Fan’s son
  9. Martha, Cratchit’s oldest daughter
  10. The boy in the street who Scrooge asks to buy a prize turkey
  11. The Ghost of Christmases Yet To Come
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Characters from Dickens’s A Christmas Carol

  1. Jacob Marley
  2. Bob Cratchit
  3. Timothy “Tiny Tim” Cratchit
  4. Little Fan, Scrooge’s younger sister
  5. Ghost of Christmas past
  6. Bob Cratchit’s wife
  7. Fezziwig, Scrooge’s boss
  8. Fred, Scrooge’s nephew and Fan’s son
  9. Martha, Cratchit’s oldest daughter
  10. The boy in the street who Scrooge asks to buy a prize turkey
  11. The Ghost of Christmases Yet To Come
  12. Ebenezer Scrooge
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Characters from Dickens’s A Christmas Carol

  1. Jacob Marley
  2. Bob Cratchit
  3. Timothy “Tiny Tim” Cratchit
  4. Little Fan, Scrooge’s younger sister
  5. Ghost of Christmas Past
  6. Bob Cratchit’s wife
  7. Fezziwig, Scrooge’s boss
  8. Fred, Scrooge’s nephew and Fan’s son
  9. Martha, Cratchit’s oldest daughter
  10. The boy in the street who Scrooge asks to buy a prize turkey
  11. The Ghost of Christmases Yet To Come
  12. Ebenezer Scrooge
  13. Ignorance and Want

The poor, emaciated little kids revealed by the Ghost of Christmas Present.

Next up:

Characters from It’s A Wonderful Life

  1. Cmdr. Harry Bailey, USN
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Characters from It’s A Wonderful Life

  1. Cmdr. Harry Bailey, USN
  2. Clarence Odbody
392

Characters from It’s A Wonderful Life

  1. Cmdr. Harry Bailey, USN
  2. Clarence Odbody
  3. Zuzu Bailey
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Characters from It’s A Wonderful Life

  1. Cmdr. Harry Bailey, USN
  2. Clarence Odbody
  3. Zuzu Bailey
  4. Mr. Potter

And the SNL version: It's a Wonderful Life: The Lost Ending - SNL - YouTube

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Characters from It’s A Wonderful Life

  1. Cmdr. Harry Bailey, USN
  2. Clarence Odbody
  3. Zuzu Bailey
  4. Mr. Potter
  5. Sam Wainwright

“Hee-haw!”

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Characters from It’s A Wonderful Life

  1. Cmdr. Harry Bailey, USN
  2. Clarence Odbody
  3. Zuzu Bailey
  4. Mr. Potter
  5. Sam Wainwright
  6. Mary Hatch Bailey
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Characters from It’s A Wonderful Life

  1. Cmdr. Harry Bailey, USN
  2. Clarence Odbody
  3. Zuzu Bailey
  4. Mr. Potter
  5. Sam Wainwright
  6. Mary Hatch Bailey
  7. Uncle Billy (Bailey)

-“BB”-

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Characters from It’s A Wonderful Life

  1. Cmdr. Harry Bailey, USN
  2. Clarence Odbody
  3. Zuzu Bailey
  4. Mr. Potter
  5. Sam Wainwright
  6. Mary Hatch Bailey
  7. Uncle Billy (Bailey)
  8. Nick
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Characters from It’s A Wonderful Life

  1. Cmdr. Harry Bailey, USN
  2. Clarence Odbody
  3. Zuzu Bailey
  4. Mr. Potter
  5. Sam Wainwright
  6. Mary Hatch Bailey
  7. Uncle Billy (Bailey)
  8. Nick
  9. Mr. Gower
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Characters from It’s A Wonderful Life

  1. Cmdr. Harry Bailey, USN
  2. Clarence Odbody
  3. Zuzu Bailey
  4. Mr. Potter
  5. Sam Wainwright
  6. Mary Hatch Bailey
  7. Uncle Billy (Bailey)
  8. Nick
  9. Mr. Gower
  10. Bert and Ernie

Just a coincidence, Jim Henson always said.

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Characters from It’s A Wonderful Life

  1. Cmdr. Harry Bailey, USN
  2. Clarence Odbody
  3. Zuzu Bailey
  4. Mr. Potter
  5. Sam Wainwright
  6. Mary Hatch Bailey
  7. Uncle Billy (Bailey)
  8. Nick
  9. Mr. Gower
  10. Bert and Ernie
  11. Angel Joseph