no scrooges here at "gma" as we pay homage to the charles dickens' classic, "a christmas carol." let's bring in the crafty lumberjacks, dennis and andrew, you're not just our go-to diy duo. you guys have some experience with the stage, right? >> that's right, yes, we actually have backgrounds in theater. we met on the national tour of "fiddler on the roof." we toured for two years together. >> and we have a love for "christmas carol," try to watch as many versions as we can. >> let's get this pageant started. take it away, guys. >> all right, thank you, stephanie. you're in a cozy cable knit sweater looking so great, playing the part of charles dickens, the writer who brought us the famous yuletide tale about that miserly old man and the ghosts of christmas who showed him what the holidays are all about. >> i'm digging it, guys. >> delightfully dickensian. but we have more to see. >> the ghost of christmas past took our buddy scrooge on a walk down memory lane where he bumped into the kind man he once apprenticed for, our very own linsey davis is winning the holiday as mrs. fezzi

. >>> plus, a closer look at the charles dickens novel "a christmas carol." we'll reveal the inspiration and history behind the story of ebenezer scrooge. >>> and country music singer carly pearce stops by the times square studio for a special performance of a christmas classic. >>> that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday. thanks for watching. i'm wendy gillette. have a great day. ♪

very grateful to you for the festive reference to one of - the festive reference to one of charles dickens finalist characters because i think scrooge is alive and well and working in local authority catering. let's take a look at a tweet the guardian put out and actually in the telegraph but also in the guardian as well. this is a tweet on the twitter page, comes from the guardian that he was sending it around this is christmas lunch at the staining grammar school in west sussex. a slice of turkey for those who cannot see or are having difficulty, it's what i would call a bat opened up it is not a pretty buttered and there is a pig in a blanket and at the say is a rather feeble looking pig in a blanket and at the say is a ratherfeeble looking pig in a blanket and what looks like a shop pie. grand total £3 50. that's cutting the cloth to fit. i pie. grand total £3 50. that's cutting the cloth to fit.- pie. grand total £3 50. that's cutting the cloth to fit. i am an average daily _ cutting the cloth to fit. i am an average daily and _ cutting the cloth to fit. i am an average daily and t

so when english writer charles dickens wrote a christmas carol, he describes a society that is divided between rich greedy misers and poor, but generous people. the christmas tale tells the story of how one of these misers becomes a better man. thanks to ghosts that visit him. they make him realize that charity and generosity can save him from doom. isn't it? it killed us how he was giving readings of his tale in boston, paris, and in london, of course of christ. and people would rush to see him in paris. people described a huge line in front of the british embassy in the middle of winter. low income people were in t is yet in boston. a wealthy businessman called fair banks, showed up and reading. after listening to the christmas story read by the author himself. so he decided to offer a turkey to each of his workers for christmas and gave them the day off to celebrate christmas. and when you are here, don't happen. it wasn't a holiday at the time. does it say, daniel, how he asked for my legs? kimberly this present the diesel club concept in england is a very interesting one. not a lo

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a christmas carol of course was written by charles dickens. in it scrooge, an elderly man is visited by ghosts of of his past and confronted by mistakes he has made in the past. you know who won. >> humbug. judge jeanine: the question here our own nancy pelosi is whether redemption is even available to her. the first ghost to visit nancy pelosi is the ghost lawlessness in america. nancy as the lead democrat in congress, you could have stopped this. but you refused to do so. in fact you say you don't understand where this lawlessless comes from. >> it's absolutely outrageous. obviously it can't continue. there is a attitude of lawlessness in our country that springs from i don't know where. maybe you do. we cannot have that lawlessness become the norm. judge jeanine: nancy, nancy, nancy. you don't know where the lawlessness comes from? it was your city of san francisco that was once breathtakingly beautiful where people don't even want to walk their dogs because of human feces on the street, needles lining the streets. and people don't want to

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in a cozy sweater knit sweat playing the part of charles dickens. brought the yuletide tale of the ghost of christmas who showed him what the holidays are alling a. >> digging it, guys. i like this. it's my cup of tea. >> and we have more to see. the ghost of christmas past took our buddy scrooge on a walk down memory lane, bumped into mr. fezzywig, the kind man once apprenticed for our very own linsey davis wins the holiday as mrs. fessywig in a cool cool yule sweater complete with 150 ornaments >> you like my ball gown? >> wonderful. >> i love it. >> we all know about the annual christmas ball but you take it to the next level. >> incredible. >> all right. then comes the ghost of christmas present who gives scrooge and enchanting peak bob crank check out the boots. >> looking and feeling pretty good. >> take the stage. like father, like son. >> i have to say, no more coal for the fire. you are lit! >> yes. i love this. now we know why the cratchett family is struggling. because they spend all their money on matching outfits. >> i was going to say.

>> a lot that are considered classics for us right now like charles dickens and she mentioned more writers than actual names of books. those are some of the one she read. she mentioned how she read the bible multiple times. when they were growing up that was the only books i could read on sundays. >> host: i love the story how ida b stood up to the secret service over all things and buttons. i was in memorial martyred negro soldiers december 11 covid 1917. so without talking about the fascinating and heartbreaking back story about the buttons, he described that in the book and i encourage everybody to read about it. it is really remarkable. what can you tell us generally about her interaction with secretwi service agent that demanded she's topped or subversive distribution of these buttons? [laughter] that just makes me laugh. >> tell us about it. >> like you said they were buttons that she was distributing in honor of wsoldiers who work camp logan in houston. she was so outraged the united states government would kill its own soldiers. >> tells little bit about that. give us a more back s

charles dickens and louisa may alcott so she was actually more a writer than the actual names of the book. >> those were the some of the ones that she read. she mentioned how she read the ibbible multiple times and when they were growing up that was the only book they could read on sundays . >> i love the story about how ida b. stood up to the secret service over of all things buttons. little buttons. that read and i own a button that says in memoriam marder, negro soldiers december 11 1917. so without talking about the fascinating and heartbreaking back story about the buttons, you describe that in the book and i encourage everybody to read about them. it's remarkable. what can you tell us generally about her interaction with secret service agents who demanded that she stop her subversive distribution of these buttons. >> that just makes me laugh every time. >> like you said, they were buttons that she was distributing in honor of soldiers who were killed at camp logan in houston and she was so outraged that the united states government would kill its own soldiers . >> when you give

dickens for example. >> thank you and kim, what compelled you to write your memoir. >> thank you and i hope you can hear me and it's also a little chilly so i will be brief and i really wanted to at least make an apparent commitment an appearance i really apologize for being late with the situation cannot be helped financially did bring my book. i will just say that my book which is james baldwin's, another country bookmark as part of the series by my publisher and is a bookmark series. and i think that is one, the baldwin book. it is part of the series by my publisher in which writers write about the book, book mark and so it is kind of genre, actually called to be open memoir which is an interesting phase in her face than ever had heard of reduced part critical analysis of the text and also are reflective appreciation of it so is a part memoir and james baldwin is my hero in my spirit guide in my and i once wrote an essay called on james baldwin save my life and, i mean, that pretty he didn't physically see my life but he saved my life literally with his words and through his work

dickens for example. >> thank you and kim, what compelled you to write your memoir. >> thank you and i hope you can hear me and it's also a little chilly so i will be brief and i really wanted to at least make an apparent commitment an appearance i really apologize for being late with the situation cannot be helped financially did bring my book. i will just say that my book which is james baldwin's, another country bookmark as part of the series by my publisher and is a bookmark series. and i think that is one, the baldwin book. it is part of the series by my publisher in which writers write about the book, book mark and so it is kind of genre, actually called to be open memoir which is an interesting phase in her face than ever had heard of reduced part critical analysis of the text and also are reflective appreciation of it so is a part memoir and james baldwin is my hero in my spirit guide in my and i once wrote an essay called on james baldwin save my life and, i mean, that pretty he didn't physically see my life but he saved my life literally with his words and through his work

dickens novels. this was 11 out of losing their fingers in a factory and a six-day, 14 hour workweek. what did that lead to? at let the largest wave of revolutions in the history of the west. it led to ideological movement like communism. "the communist manifesto" was written and 1848 so i felt like we were in another one of those transitions. our economy went from being in talmet lane industrial-based into technology rich and knowledge-based where we have that anger. in the 1840s all the ferment in the revolution from the far left to the far right. there were a series of things rewriting of the social -- contract and similarly ideas surfaced about how to rewrite the social contract going forward but that's what brought me to this book, trying to understand what was at the roots of the rage and what is the path forward for as? >> i thought that was such an incredibly rich insight when i read your book alec because we often lose track of our history and how history can guide us and inform us and what

it's a lot like a plot twist to charles dickens classic, a christmas carol. instead of embracing christmas, scrooge has be a tax handout to those workers struggling to provide for their own families. what a bunch of humbug. santa claus, i don't know if you are listening, but if you are, when you're making your list and checking it twice, remember that president biden promised taxpayers that his build back better plan costs zero dollars, doesn't waste any money on tax breaks for the wealthy and adds, you guessed it, zero dollars to the national debt. to no one's surprise, that promise ended up being a fa la la la lot of malarkey. the biden bill costs $1.7 trillion, adds $360 billion to our debt and gives tax cuts to millionaires. while the president deserves a stocking full of coal for breaking his promises to taxpayers, even coal is in short supply at the moment and the price has soared to the highest level in more than 12 years. other energy prices whether to warm your home or fill up the gas tank of your car are also up sharply. the president has done his p

a christmas carol, charles dickens story, love it. i cry every time i see it. >> cancel culture wants to cancel it because it is misogynistic. home alone. stuart: what have you got? ashley: national lampoon's christmas vacation, the great randy quaid. stuart: that was a good one. here is from david, we would love to hear you consider moving to the village in florida. ashley: you know what is remarkable, their own radio station throughout the community and i heard foxbusiness and fox radio and i was there for the elections in 2020 your name came up and they went nuts. you are a rock star in the villages. stuart: they went nuts. thank you for that. let's move on. eva rights this. stuart is looking pretty spiffy, nicely coordinated with the thai. that is accurate. advent colors, pink and white. that is an advent color. >> you are wearing advent suits and i like the color coordination. you are looking spiffy. stuart: i will lose on before i lose this one. >> please do. stuart: kathleen, the two leads in west side story in the remake look

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