Welcome to Disney's Magic of Storytelling podcast brought to you by WakeMed Children's, because inside every child is a story waiting to be told.

Our storyteller is ABC 11 meteorologist Don Schwenneker.

This is Disney's Mickey and Friends, Mickey's Christmas Carol.

It was Christmas Eve Day, but Ebenezer Scrooge paid no attention as he headed into work.

When he arrived, his poor clerk, Bob Cratchett, asked if he could take part of Christmas Day off.

I suppose so, grumbled Scrooge,

but I'll dock you a half of day's pay.

Moments later, there was a knock on the counting house's door.

It was Scrooge's nephew, Fred,

coming to wish him a Merry Christmas

and to invite him over for Christmas dinner.

Bah humbug, Scrooge replied.

He did not like Christmas and did not want to join others for Christmas dinner.

At the end of the day, as Scrooge arrived home.

A ghost appeared in front of him.

It was Jacob Marley, his late business partner.

The ghost gave Scrooge a warning.

Tonight, you will be visited by three spirits.

You must change your selfish ways, or else you will end up like me.

At midnight, the first spirit appeared. Who are you? asked to frighten

Scrooge. I'm the ghost of Christmas past. Come on, Scrooge, it's time to go. The spirit opened the

bedroom window, and the two flew through the night sky to visit Scrooge's

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