“[Scrooge is covertly watching Harry's Christmas party]

Tom - Friend of Harry's: Harry, I've visited you every Christmas for the past five years, and to this day I can never understand this extraordinary ritual of toasting the health of your old uncle Ebenezer. I mean, everyone knows he's the most miserable old skinflint that ever walked God's earth.

Ebenezer Scrooge: [glaring] Who's he?

Ghost of Christmas Present: Oh... just a friend.

Nephew Fred: My dear Tom, it's very simple. He is indeed a despicable old miser, worse than you could ever possibly imagine. [Ghost of Christmas Present bursts out laughing]

Ebenezer Scrooge: You find this amusing?

Ghost of Christmas Present: Believe it or not, he likes you.

Nephew Fred: See, I look at it this way: If I can wish a Merry Christmas to him, who is beyond dispute the most obnoxious and parsimonious of all living creatures, then I know in my heart that I am truly a man of goodwill.

Ebenezer Scrooge: [rising to lunge at Fred] Scoundrel!

Ghost of Christmas Present: Wait! There's more to come.

Nephew Fred: And besides... I like old Scrooge!

Ghost of Christmas Present: What did I tell you?”